Yara Shahidi

All of the above. I think I've always been a task-oriented person. And I think I put my own needs first. behind everything else, even when it's not being asked of me. Yeah, like oftentimes I say, the best way I can say is like, my goal is to take care of myself as well as the people around me take care of me.

All of the above. I think I've always been a task-oriented person. And I think I put my own needs first. behind everything else, even when it's not being asked of me. Yeah, like oftentimes I say, the best way I can say is like, my goal is to take care of myself as well as the people around me take care of me.

Because I have such great examples around me of people that are like, yeah, you need rest and you need to rejuvenate. But I'm the first one to kind of throw that away and say, hey, I have a paper due, I have this due. So, you know, my grown-ish schedule became, oh, I'm pulling all-nighters. I'm filming, pulling all-nighters to do schoolwork, and then going back to set. Wow.

Because I have such great examples around me of people that are like, yeah, you need rest and you need to rejuvenate. But I'm the first one to kind of throw that away and say, hey, I have a paper due, I have this due. So, you know, my grown-ish schedule became, oh, I'm pulling all-nighters. I'm filming, pulling all-nighters to do schoolwork, and then going back to set. Wow.

And I think at the time, part of it was just what the moment necessitated. I don't know if there would have been many other ways to accomplish that. But I think what was hard was that I also didn't have for myself a list of things to be doing to pour into myself, whether that be physically. Like as much as I look back at pictures of me in school, I was like, oh, I was ripped.

And I think at the time, part of it was just what the moment necessitated. I don't know if there would have been many other ways to accomplish that. But I think what was hard was that I also didn't have for myself a list of things to be doing to pour into myself, whether that be physically. Like as much as I look back at pictures of me in school, I was like, oh, I was ripped.

Girl, that's a calorie deficit. You weren't eating. I was like, that's not muscles. You're walking with basically a weighted vest, which is your backpack, and forgetting to eat all day.

Girl, that's a calorie deficit. You weren't eating. I was like, that's not muscles. You're walking with basically a weighted vest, which is your backpack, and forgetting to eat all day.

Yeah. I was saying, yeah, I was saying.

Yeah. I was saying, yeah, I was saying.

Yeah. I think, I guess the way I'd put it is I know life consists of challenges. And at this point in my life, it's been a high priority to become friends with challenges because they don't excite me.

Yeah. I think, I guess the way I'd put it is I know life consists of challenges. And at this point in my life, it's been a high priority to become friends with challenges because they don't excite me.

I think.

I think.

I think.

I think.

It's more so maybe another word is misalignment. Like I think to be a creative and to be in the production world, any kind of creative endeavor, obviously there's a lot of passion behind it, but there's a lot of business behind it. And there's so many times in which you hit bumps on the general road and – There's so many times I just get very disappointed.

It's more so maybe another word is misalignment. Like I think to be a creative and to be in the production world, any kind of creative endeavor, obviously there's a lot of passion behind it, but there's a lot of business behind it. And there's so many times in which you hit bumps on the general road and – There's so many times I just get very disappointed.

It somehow feels like when we hit a challenge, let's say, with a partner of being like, why aren't we on the same page about this?

It somehow feels like when we hit a challenge, let's say, with a partner of being like, why aren't we on the same page about this?