American - Actress | November 6, 1988 -
I think it's really important for young audiences to see that you don't have to apologize for being angry when you're angry, and you don't have to apologize for standing up for yourself when people are pushing you around.
Barrett Wilbert Weed
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All you can really do is try to be a good person and try to make good decisions and try to survive.
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We have to train our kids better and really enforce in them that no matter what mainstream media and pop culture and all of the terrible things around us say - that it's OK to tear people down, that somehow it will make you feel better, and it's OK to gossip about people - it won't make you feel better.
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I think, when you're an actor, it kind of enables you to fully inhabit all of the youngest parts of yourself.
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It's important to be really verbal about what you believe, to try to claim America as your own, as we're trying to figure out the identity of this country and what we're going to be.
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When 'Mean Girls' came out, I was 15. So I saw that movie and was like, 'That is so funny.' But it still has that fluffy, happy ending, and that doesn't happen in high school.
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High school is something that we have to deal with. It's not a glorified fluffy, fun, prince-and-princess kind of time.
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Tina Fey is a genius - I've seen it with my own eyes now. She's a very observant person, and I've never seen somebody write such a high volume or as quickly as she does.
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I'm not able to change the tools that I bring to the table. I've tried to fade into the background many times, and I just can't do it.
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My high school was the closest thing to hell on earth that exists. I was around a lot of ultra-preppy, very mean-spirited girls, and they were very cruel to me. I ended up switching schools and going to this performing arts school near Boston called Walnut Hill.
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My senior year, I got to play Maureen in 'Rent,' and I had more fun than I'd ever had in my life.
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I think it's important to be friends with the person you have to kiss onstage in front of a hundred people. You might not be friends in real life - especially if you're in high school - but you need to at least be 'secret friends' for it to work. Try to be comfortable with each other.
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