Macaulay Culkin is getting honest about taking a break from acting as a teenager.
In a recent chat on Mythical Kitchen, the 45-year-old actor revealed that he quit acting at the age of 14 to enjoy a normal life.
“What I wanted was to be with people my age. You have to remember: A lot of the stuff I did as a kid… I don’t make sets. It’s me,” Culkin said.
Referring to the popular holiday film with Tom Hanks, he continued, “You’ll be watching Home Alone…and I’m like, ‘Oh my God, I’m in Castaway,’ except he had a volleyball to talk to.”
He went on to say, “People will say, ‘Oh, what was it like working with Joe Pesci?’ I’m like, ‘Have you seen the movie? We might do a couple of scenes together. Then I’m, in a house, by myself, almost alone in the house.’
Culkin, considered one of the popular child stars of the 1990s, said the goal of keeping a low profile was to pursue a normal teenage life.
“I wanted to go out, I wanted to date girls, I wanted to hang out with people my age. I wanted to, you know, go to a party. I wanted to do that kind of thing. I can’t tell you how many bar mitzvahs I’ve missed.”
Regarding fame, he said: “You can’t un-ring that bell, and you can’t put toothpaste back in the bell.”
“For me, it was just an event. I didn’t put a lot of pressure on my father saying, ‘Mom, Dad, I want to be famous. I want to make movies.’ “I just started doing it and I was good at it and I kept booking it.”