Hilary Duff

You know, she stayed that same age.

And not that I feel that that's like the public consensus around me anymore.

I think people are pretty familiarized with me and who I am.

But

I care a lot less and I feel like truth is more important than like politeness and all of that.

So that's what the record feels like to me.

And that's kind of just how I feel comfortable moving through the world.

I don't know if that's just with age or being a mom of four or being in a settled relationship or being in the industry for as long as I have with many ups and downs.

I think that's true.

I think that's absolutely true.

And I get to like keep the pieces that still work for me and, you know, obviously continue to grow.

But I like move with like a confidence and like a knowing that just occurred, you know, also also compiled with like a messy insecurity.

And all of those things are just like what makes up life.

The feeling accepting of all the things that come our way and that like we discovered on our path, you know.

This is so random, but like just like a huge standout memory for me in my childhood is like catching tadpoles in Tic Tac boxes in New Braunfels in Texas.

And it was something that we did after school, like almost every day.

It's a huge part of me feeling like I have my feet on the ground constantly, even in this situation.

you know, kind of out of body experience of a career that I've had and like navigated through.

I think like being from Texas and being so normal and kind of grubby and dirty, like is a part of my personality that has helped me just be that and not be kind of what can happen, you know, with 25 years in the industry.

I think some of those like early childhood memories of having like a lot of like freedom and I really never thought that I'd raise my kids in L.A.