I don't mind if somebody comes up to me and shakes my hand, but if I'm in the middle of a restaurant and somebody asks me for a picture, I can be a jerk and say no, or I can say yes and draw more attention to myself, which is exactly the opposite of what I want.

At the height of his fame he was regarded as the most successful child actor since Shirley Temple. He also appeared in a filmed version of The Nutcracker as the title role in 1993 which was staged by Peter Martins from the 1954 George Balanchine New York City Ballet version of the ballet. In the spring of 2003 he made a guest appearance on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace.

2 in VH1 and E!'s respective lists the "100 Greatest Kid-Stars" and "50 Greatest Child Stars". Macaulay Carson Culkin (born August 26 1980) is an American actor. He is also known for his roles in Richie Rich Uncle Buck My Girl The Pagemaster and Party Monster as well as Michael Jackson's music video Black or White.