You do have to continue, as you grow as a human, checking in and going is this what I want? Am I giving away things that I donโt want? Who am I and what do I want to keep doing?
Mae WhitmanI don't really have an aversion to watching myself. I think I've been doing it for long enough that I have a system of separating it in my brain from my egotistical neuroses for the most part.
Mae WhitmanI kind of dress like a boy from the nineties. I like wearing baseball hats. I just like to be really comfortable.
Mae WhitmanBeing on a movie set when you have a great strong people there supporting you can be very nurturing. You get to explore these creative parts of yourself as a child that most people don't explore until they're in college.
Mae WhitmanThe coming-of-age story has sort of become a joke. It's something to capitalize on, and that is painful because when you are coming of age - when you are going through something like that - the genre is so meaningful.
Mae WhitmanWhen I was a teenager, for the most part, I had a really great, easy relationship with my mom, but there are those occasional mom/daughter things that are unavoidable. That's what makes it more upsetting and more true to life. We have great moments, and then we have terrible moments as well.
Mae Whitman