Macaulay's Quarter Life Crisis?
Apparently, Macaulay Culkin has been spending too much time home alone.
In a new interview in the latest issue of Time magazine, the former child star admits he has a hard time knowing where he fits into Hollywood these days, if at all.
"I'm the most out-of-work actor I know," Culkin said. "In the last two years I've basically taken meetings for a living."
With his delicate features and precocious sensibilities, Culkin was the Dakota Fanning of the early '90s, starring in a series of family-friendly films, including Home Alone and its sequel, My Girl and Richie Rich.
Then--poof!--he hit 14 and virtually disappeared from theaters, though he continued to make headlines every now and again for noteworthy actions such as getting hitched at the tender age of 17 and splitting from his bride two years later.
Culkin also continued to draw attention for his ongoing friendship with Michael Jackson, who frequently hosted the young actor at Neverland Ranch during Culkin's boyhood years.
During the popster's child-molestation trial last summer, Culkin was called upon to defend his former playmate, insisting that Jackson had never acted inappropriately during their many sleepover sessions and calling the allegations against his pal "absolutely ridiculous."
Culkin told Time that he has talked to Jackson just once since the Moonwalker departed for the Middle East and described him as "doing okay."
"He's a friend, but the kind of friend you talk to twice a year," Culkin said.
Apart from hitting the courtroom to stick up for Jackson, Culkin also put in a court appearance on his own behalf last summer, pleading guilty to misdemeanor drug charges stemming from a September 2004 arrest. He was sentenced to a one-year deferred jail term and ordered to pay almost $1,000 in fines.
Now 25, the former child star claims he's ready to stage a return to his acting background, but seems unsure of where to begin.
"Acting found me. I thought maybe I should try to find it again," he told Time.
Culkin made something of a comeback with a lead role in 2003's Party Monster, followed up by a well-received turn in 2004's Saved!, but neither role brought him the level of attention he enjoyed in his younger days.
"I don't know what people want from me," he said, adding that he had considered giving up show business all together for a career in sports management.
In the meantime, Culkin has managed to make the most of his considerable free time by churning a semiautobiographical novel titled Junior, which hits stores next week.
Described as a stream-of-consciousness work, Junior reportedly incorporates everything from journal entries to quizzes and lists and is based in part on Culkin's troubled relationship with his father.
"I've led a very isolated existence since I was six years old," Culkin explained. "It's kind of been me and my mind.
"I hope people don't think I'm crazy, because I'm not."
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