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Lisa Jakub Quote

“After an 18-year career, I left the film industry, not wanting to become one of those child-actor cautionary tales.”

— Lisa Jakub

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If you have someone in your life that you are grateful for - someone to whom you want to write another heartfelt, slanted, misspelled thank you note - do it. Tell them they made you feel loved and supported. That they made you feel like you belonged somewhere and that you were not a freak. Tell them all of that. Tell them today.

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Love

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Hello, my name is Lisa Jakub. But most people in a restaurant/dentist's office/yoga studio dressing room, call me 'Hey, you look like that girl from 'Mrs. Doubtfire'/'Independence Day'/'Rambling Rose.' There is a good reason for that. I am that girl. More accurately, I was that girl.

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Wisdom

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My memoir is about my time in film and the decision to leave Hollywood, grow up, and stop pretending.

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Wisdom

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So many people pass up older dogs, which is a shame. With an older dog, you know what you are getting.

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Wisdom

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You never know how much time you have with someone.

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Wisdom

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My memoir is being published by Beaufort Books and will be available fall of 2015. It's about my unusual life as a child actor and how I made the unpopular choice to leave Hollywood, grow up, and stop pretending.

— Lisa Jakub

Life

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