Quote of the Day

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In honor of Special People Day, Jarett at PopWrap actually talked with the one and only Heather Matarazzo herself! He got all sorts of goodies out of her on the film then and how she sees it now. The whole chat's awesome, go read it y'all. But I'm gonna highlight a couple of bits from it that I found especially lovely.

PopWrap: What is your favorite thing about Dawn?

Heather: Her ability to get those feelings out. Whether it’s smashing the videotape or cutting off her sister’s Barbie doll head – she was creative enough to find an outlet. Also, being fearless enough to primp herself up to make Steve her boyfriend, despite being continually bullied and teased by everyone. That to me is absolutely courageous because you’re being called ugly and dogface over and over and over, but you’re not going to go for the Ralphie, you’re going to go for the guy who's five years older and wears leather pants? Dawn had excellent taste [laughs].

... What’s interesting is that no matter how fearful Dawn was, she didn’t eat in the bathroom. She asked to sit down even though she was terrified to do so. She still took the action and that’s the thing I think a lot of people don’t see in Dawn – the fact that she was terrified, but didn’t let her terror stop her. That's what makes her so incredibly special and unique and brave."

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