Jake Shane

Okay.

Wow.

And then when did the Gossip Girl reboot happen?

And how pumped were you when you found out you got Gossip Girl?

Why weren't you keen to do Gossip Girl at the time?

What did you think, now that you're past it, what did you think, this is how I should be seen and this is what my career should be?

What did you think?

No, what did you like think at the time?

I met him at Tenants at the Trees in Los Angeles.

Just the best guy.

He is so lovely.

So he is the one you're so close with?

Okay, so...

You feel more of the story.

Do you find yourself, you're like, for the past five years since Gossip Girl, you were reaching for this thing and you were comparing yourself and you finally feel like you're at this stage where you're maybe just happy?

So what was the moment that you let go of that?

You'd have a project, and you'd get attention, and then you wouldn't, and then you wouldn't, and then you wouldn't, and I think, was that hard for you?

Um...

Is that what you were trying to say or did I misread it entirely?

And you were surrounded by such lovely people that you worked with that didn't share that mindset.