Penn Badgley

Who wants to be? No. Well, so here's the thing. That's true starting at 20 years old. So I had eight years of near financial independence, professional work. I was working. I was tired of television by the time Gossip Girl came around.

Who wants to be? No. Well, so here's the thing. That's true starting at 20 years old. So I had eight years of near financial independence, professional work. I was working. I was tired of television by the time Gossip Girl came around.

I famously said, or I don't know famously, but I've said many times, you know, I initially turned the role down and I didn't, and I didn't just like kind of turn it down. I mean, I said, I said, so...

I famously said, or I don't know famously, but I've said many times, you know, I initially turned the role down and I didn't, and I didn't just like kind of turn it down. I mean, I said, I said, so...

I famously said, or I don't know famously, but I've said many times, you know, I initially turned the role down and I didn't, and I didn't just like kind of turn it down. I mean, I said, I said, so...

grateful you thought of me wish you well but no thanks and they went on to try and cast the whole thing and cast Dan and and they and they and they evidently could cast everybody but but Dan but so you know by the time the point is not about Gossip Girl the point is about time I was 20 I was like I was feeling real disillusioned and dried up and tired of being in Hollywood of acting and

grateful you thought of me wish you well but no thanks and they went on to try and cast the whole thing and cast Dan and and they and they and they evidently could cast everybody but but Dan but so you know by the time the point is not about Gossip Girl the point is about time I was 20 I was like I was feeling real disillusioned and dried up and tired of being in Hollywood of acting and

grateful you thought of me wish you well but no thanks and they went on to try and cast the whole thing and cast Dan and and they and they and they evidently could cast everybody but but Dan but so you know by the time the point is not about Gossip Girl the point is about time I was 20 I was like I was feeling real disillusioned and dried up and tired of being in Hollywood of acting and

I've been doing it my entire, since I was 12. When you're 20 years old and you've been doing something professionally since you were 12, that's your life. That's like your whole life. And I was, I was, yeah, I was... You were done because you didn't like it anymore?

I've been doing it my entire, since I was 12. When you're 20 years old and you've been doing something professionally since you were 12, that's your life. That's like your whole life. And I was, I was, yeah, I was... You were done because you didn't like it anymore?

I've been doing it my entire, since I was 12. When you're 20 years old and you've been doing something professionally since you were 12, that's your life. That's like your whole life. And I was, I was, yeah, I was... You were done because you didn't like it anymore?

That also, I just was not, you know, I came real close, really close to like a number of great roles in these great independent films and I wouldn't get them. Um... And I was like, okay, great. But you know what? I really wanted to try my hand at music. That had been my passion since, you know.

That also, I just was not, you know, I came real close, really close to like a number of great roles in these great independent films and I wouldn't get them. Um... And I was like, okay, great. But you know what? I really wanted to try my hand at music. That had been my passion since, you know.

That also, I just was not, you know, I came real close, really close to like a number of great roles in these great independent films and I wouldn't get them. Um... And I was like, okay, great. But you know what? I really wanted to try my hand at music. That had been my passion since, you know.

But the point is, I was real... I had a tiredness about me at 20 that I think is not typical for a 20-year-old because I've been working for so long.

But the point is, I was real... I had a tiredness about me at 20 that I think is not typical for a 20-year-old because I've been working for so long.

But the point is, I was real... I had a tiredness about me at 20 that I think is not typical for a 20-year-old because I've been working for so long.

With all due respect. And I mean, I told the creators this at the outset. So it's not and it's not no shocker. Like, I was not interested. And and that's you know, that's just I think that's fair to say. That's that's fair to say. That's what I have to say about that.

With all due respect. And I mean, I told the creators this at the outset. So it's not and it's not no shocker. Like, I was not interested. And and that's you know, that's just I think that's fair to say. That's that's fair to say. That's what I have to say about that.

With all due respect. And I mean, I told the creators this at the outset. So it's not and it's not no shocker. Like, I was not interested. And and that's you know, that's just I think that's fair to say. That's that's fair to say. That's what I have to say about that.