Doing 'Young Adult' was really reassuring to me in a lot of ways. It confirmed a lot of suspicions I had about great actors.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
That transition from child to adult actor is so incredibly elusive. The roles that were coming to me as a young adult were not that great, but I was taking them anyway to pay the rent. And the more bad roles in bad movies I took, the less anybody wanted me for a good role in a good movie.
Young actors are pretty fantastic. I can't even imagine doing stuff like that when I was a kid.
It sounds so negative of me to say, but I don't feel like there were many coming-of-age films when I was growing up. I think that when I was a teenager, I felt really misrepresented in the teenage roles that I was watching onscreen. Especially in women.
I actually really love working with young actors because they're so responsive and instinctive, and it's a much less honed craft that they're employing.
I have only really gotten by with playing versions of myself as most young actors do.
I was still thought of as a kid actor even though I was in my mid twenties.
I've really had good luck working with younger actors. Every younger actor that I have worked with has always been really on top of their game and fascinating to watch.
I have considered myself a mature actor.
Being an actor does make you aware of your age.
I think, as a younger actor, you are more open to the experience. And to an extent, you want to go into things blind and energised as if you were 15. Keep that terror.