Despite the tragic circumstances of filming Matilda, Wilson had nothing but great memories of filming. In 1996 he directed Matilda (1996), a film adaptation of Roald Dahl's 1988 classic children's novel of the same name. He gained prominence for his portrayal of the taxi dispatcher Louie De Palma in the television series Taxi (1978–1983), which won him a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award. For his performance he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film.

I really meditate on things such as the movies I choose, carefully measuring between the script, what I've done recently and what I want to do.In 1950s Los Angeles, three very different police officers individually investigate a murder and eventually band together after they discover corruption among their comrades. The comedy drama centers around the tumultuous relationship between controlling widow Aurora Greenway (Shirley MacLaine, in her Oscar-winning role) and her rebellious daughter Emma (Debra Winger). Matilda | Danny DeVito's Salesmanship | Netflix | There's no-one we'd rather watch be a terrible, TERRIBLE human being than Danny DeVito. It previewed at the Savoy Theatre in London from April 27, 2012, opened on May 17, and played a limited 12-week season until July 28.

Having worked consistently in some aspect of the entertainment industry for 50 years, DeVito shows no signs of slowing down. He played George Shapiro in 1999's Man on the Moon opposite Jim Carrey, who played Andy Kaufman, a real-life friend of DeVito's. Joan has to travel to Colombia to exchange the map for her sister, but is diverted by a corrupt colonel who also wants the map and by dashing adventurer Jack Colton (Michael Douglas), who reluctantly saves her and helps her with her mission. On January 17, 1971, DeVito met Rhea Perlman when she went to see a friend in the single performance of the play The Shrinking Bride, which featured DeVito. Marilyn Stasio of Variety praised DeVito's performance writing, "DeVito, who holds the audience in the palm of his hand, tends to favor the comic side, making an extended meal out of an egg-eating visual gag.When he was 14, he persuaded his father to send him to boarding school to "keep him out of trouble", [4] and graduated from Oratory Preparatory School in Summit, New Jersey, in 1962. One of his early notable roles was as Martini in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1975 alongside Jack Nicholson. Matilda (Mara Wilson) is a brilliant and supernaturally gifted child born to Harry (DeVito) and Zinnia Wormwood (DeVito’s real-life wife Rhea Perlman), two pitiful excuses for parents. When things eventually came to an end for Wilson's mother, Suzie, she was understandably emotional - but DeVito had one last gift for her. DeVito started his career acting off-Broadway in the plays Shoot Anything With Hair That Moves and The Man with the Flower in His Mouth both in 1969.