When people got killed on the big or little screen, I thought it was for real. When grown-ups were "tired of living", they would very naturally volunteer for that kind of thing.
A childhood belief about films

others believed things like this
- Since he had fought in WWII, I naturally assumed my grandfather had killed Hitler himself.Anon
- I always thought you could break through the tv screen and walk into whatever was on the screen at the time.— Linda
- when i was little i thought a serial killer was someone who killed people for their cereal— emily
- I thought grown ups were born grown ups.— mea
- I used to believe that people couls see you on the TV screen. I only changed when the commertials were on.Anon
- I used to believe that when I went to movies people were behind the screen acting out the part — Amy