--- title: You Used to Be Cute: Jonathan Lipnicki Makes Video About Child Stars description: Aptly titled "You Used to Be Cute" canonical: https://time.com/3159661/jonathan-lipnicki-child-star-video/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-22T14:37:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:12:40.844Z og:title: Watch the Hilarious Video Jonathan Lipnicki Made About the Plight of Former Child Stars og:description: The 'Jerry Maguire' star aptly called it "You Used to Be Cute" og:url: https://time.com/3159661/jonathan-lipnicki-child-star-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt055dccd96d8ce854/6986a087cd804d8219ccc755/168579926.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Jonathan Lipnicki In 'Jerry Maguire' og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the Hilarious Video Jonathan Lipnicki Made About the Plight of Former Child Stars twitter:description: The 'Jerry Maguire' star aptly called it "You Used to Be Cute" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt055dccd96d8ce854/6986a087cd804d8219ccc755/168579926.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jonathan Lipnicki Makes Hilarious Video About the Plight of Former Child Stars by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 22, 2014 2:37 PM UTC  Jonathan Lipnicki talks on a phone in a scene from the film 'Jerry Maguire', 1996. Jonathan Lipnicki talks on a phone in a scene from the film 'Jerry Maguire', 1996.Columbia TriStar—Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 22, 2014 2:37 PM UTC Remember Jonathan Lipnicki? Sure you do. He was that adorable, bespectacled little boy who famously [informed us](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR6n%5FEQqcCg&feature=youtu.be) in _Jerry Maguire_ that the human head weighs eight pounds. Well, Lipnicki grew into an adult — you know, as children are wont to do. He’s remained pretty under the radar since his acting heyday in the 90s and early 2000s, though he did get some attention back in 2011 when [photos of his chiseled physique](http://www.today.com/entertainment/cute-jerry-maguire-kid-can-probably-kill-you-his-hands-6C9554953) began circulating around the web. Everybody seemed to wonder: Hey, what ever happened to that _Jerry Maguire_ kid? And so the actor, now 23, has created a sketch called “You Used to Be Cute” about the plight of a former child star. Everybody pigeonholing you and remembering you for just one role, confusing you with other child stars, commenting on how adorable you used to be, and so on. It’s pretty hilarious and seems to be pretty spot-on too. Even Mara Wilson — best known for her roles in _Mrs. Doubtfire_ and _Matilda_ — has sung its praises: > [](https://twitter.com/MaraWritesStuff/status/502576381474385923) You Used to Be Cute: Jonathan Lipnicki Makes Video About Child Stars ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3159661/jonathan-lipnicki-child-star-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3159661/jonathan-lipnicki-child-star-video/"},"headline":"Jonathan Lipnicki Makes Hilarious Video About the Plight of Former Child Stars","datePublished":"2014-08-22T14:37:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:40.844Z","description":"Aptly titled \"You Used to Be Cute\"","url":"https://time.com/3159661/jonathan-lipnicki-child-star-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","viral","Actors"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt055dccd96d8ce854/6986a087cd804d8219ccc755/168579926.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt055dccd96d8ce854/6986a087cd804d8219ccc755/168579926.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jonathan Lipnicki In 'Jerry Maguire'","caption":"Jonathan Lipnicki In 'Jerry Maguire'","creditText":"Columbia TriStar—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3159661/jonathan-lipnicki-child-star-video/","name":"Jonathan Lipnicki Makes Hilarious Video About the Plight of Former Child Stars"}}]}] ```