Penn Badgley

So I'm gonna be 39 this year. Next year, I will be 40. I will still be answering questions about this show I decided to do when I was 20, you know what I mean? And whatever, that is what it is. Like, certainly that's fine. But it sets you on a certain track that you have to, in a sense, resist. You have to learn how to work with it, interface with it.

So I'm gonna be 39 this year. Next year, I will be 40. I will still be answering questions about this show I decided to do when I was 20, you know what I mean? And whatever, that is what it is. Like, certainly that's fine. But it sets you on a certain track that you have to, in a sense, resist. You have to learn how to work with it, interface with it.

Otherwise, it just sort of takes you on its ride. So, you know, you're kind of playing, you're taking a huge risk, I think, in a way, actually. You know, if it's going to set you up to do only some things and you're going to have to fight to try and do other things, you know.

Otherwise, it just sort of takes you on its ride. So, you know, you're kind of playing, you're taking a huge risk, I think, in a way, actually. You know, if it's going to set you up to do only some things and you're going to have to fight to try and do other things, you know.

Otherwise, it just sort of takes you on its ride. So, you know, you're kind of playing, you're taking a huge risk, I think, in a way, actually. You know, if it's going to set you up to do only some things and you're going to have to fight to try and do other things, you know.

because then you want to you want to keep growing yeah you yeah you want to have some autonomy and you sign so also signing on to a television show what you do is you have to sign a six-year contract there's no other way to do it you don't you know you haven't seen any of those scripts you're just like all right so you know yeah i mean it's yeah i mean i chose to do it

because then you want to you want to keep growing yeah you yeah you want to have some autonomy and you sign so also signing on to a television show what you do is you have to sign a six-year contract there's no other way to do it you don't you know you haven't seen any of those scripts you're just like all right so you know yeah i mean it's yeah i mean i chose to do it

because then you want to you want to keep growing yeah you yeah you want to have some autonomy and you sign so also signing on to a television show what you do is you have to sign a six-year contract there's no other way to do it you don't you know you haven't seen any of those scripts you're just like all right so you know yeah i mean it's yeah i mean i chose to do it

Cause it felt like it could be an exciting new experience. And, and I'm, yeah, no, I mean, look, I'm grateful for it now. It took, but it took some time. Cause I, cause keep in mind, I started in a place where I was like tired, disillusioned. I was literally compared to the others. Like oddly, I was like a veteran, you know? And I was just kind of like, here we go.

Cause it felt like it could be an exciting new experience. And, and I'm, yeah, no, I mean, look, I'm grateful for it now. It took, but it took some time. Cause I, cause keep in mind, I started in a place where I was like tired, disillusioned. I was literally compared to the others. Like oddly, I was like a veteran, you know? And I was just kind of like, here we go.

Cause it felt like it could be an exciting new experience. And, and I'm, yeah, no, I mean, look, I'm grateful for it now. It took, but it took some time. Cause I, cause keep in mind, I started in a place where I was like tired, disillusioned. I was literally compared to the others. Like oddly, I was like a veteran, you know? And I was just kind of like, here we go.

I mean, I'd done like four series before that, you know?

I mean, I'd done like four series before that, you know?

I mean, I'd done like four series before that, you know?

I mean, it's not that hard. He's like, he's, isn't he kind of, he's not quiet, is he?

I mean, it's not that hard. He's like, he's, isn't he kind of, he's not quiet, is he?

I mean, it's not that hard. He's like, he's, isn't he kind of, he's not quiet, is he?

He's TV quiet.

He's TV quiet.

He's TV quiet.