Yara Shahidi

This keeps grabbing my attention. And if it's grabbing my attention, it must mean something. And it really ranges from even, As random as it may seem for my kind of endorsement deals and fashion side, I remember at some random day, I was 18 and wrote down every deal that I wanted to have.

This keeps grabbing my attention. And if it's grabbing my attention, it must mean something. And it really ranges from even, As random as it may seem for my kind of endorsement deals and fashion side, I remember at some random day, I was 18 and wrote down every deal that I wanted to have.

And I don't typically think that way of being like, oh, I'm going to get this deal with this shoe company, this deal with this. But I just written down a list. And I think two years later, I was like, oh, we did it all.

And I don't typically think that way of being like, oh, I'm going to get this deal with this shoe company, this deal with this. But I just written down a list. And I think two years later, I was like, oh, we did it all.

Yeah. But I think that's what's nice about the fact that our team is also aligned in how we think and that it's like all of us get these waves of curiosity and then we bring in the analytics to be like, now how are we going about it? And so it truly starts as a vision board. It starts as like, oh, what do we see?

Yeah. But I think that's what's nice about the fact that our team is also aligned in how we think and that it's like all of us get these waves of curiosity and then we bring in the analytics to be like, now how are we going about it? And so it truly starts as a vision board. It starts as like, oh, what do we see?

So much of my path has truly been defined by honoring that random thought, honoring that feeling. I think going to school, I talked about it in that TED Talk, but going to school for me

So much of my path has truly been defined by honoring that random thought, honoring that feeling. I think going to school, I talked about it in that TED Talk, but going to school for me

was honoring a distraction, especially within the scope of the industry and the idea that it's really unheard of to take that amount of time out of your career to go focus on a degree that you don't need for your career, because I didn't go to study acting. I think it was... what allowed me to enjoy acting again, too, because I needed that balance. I'd always loved what we do.

was honoring a distraction, especially within the scope of the industry and the idea that it's really unheard of to take that amount of time out of your career to go focus on a degree that you don't need for your career, because I didn't go to study acting. I think it was... what allowed me to enjoy acting again, too, because I needed that balance. I'd always loved what we do.

But again, going from a world where it was very strategic that we lived full lives and then we'd go act now and then to suddenly being a life where it's like, oh, this is what we do for eight months. And then those couple months down are about promoting the thing that you did. There's no downtime. And then you go back into it.

But again, going from a world where it was very strategic that we lived full lives and then we'd go act now and then to suddenly being a life where it's like, oh, this is what we do for eight months. And then those couple months down are about promoting the thing that you did. There's no downtime. And then you go back into it.

Yeah, school was that necessary balance and counterpoint of here's a world where... Almost to an extreme, no one cares about what you're doing in the world. Every counselor I had was like, I really could care less about you being on television.

Yeah, school was that necessary balance and counterpoint of here's a world where... Almost to an extreme, no one cares about what you're doing in the world. Every counselor I had was like, I really could care less about you being on television.

Yeah, the amount of people that even told me, come back later when you're not working. And I was like, hey... Six-year contract, friends, that's not happening anytime soon. It's now or never for me. But, yeah, I was in an environment where they prioritized who I was as a student.

Yeah, the amount of people that even told me, come back later when you're not working. And I was like, hey... Six-year contract, friends, that's not happening anytime soon. It's now or never for me. But, yeah, I was in an environment where they prioritized who I was as a student.

And I think acting meant that school also had a balancing point because I think it's very easy to be in a cute little liberal arts environment with your books and feel like you solved the world. Yeah.

And I think acting meant that school also had a balancing point because I think it's very easy to be in a cute little liberal arts environment with your books and feel like you solved the world. Yeah.

Yeah. So it was also nice to have a business side to what I was doing to be like, oh, but I also get to go make things in the world. I go think about things in the world. I go make things in the world. And it was nice after being in a space of just making things in the world to go think about things.

Yeah. So it was also nice to have a business side to what I was doing to be like, oh, but I also get to go make things in the world. I go think about things in the world. I go make things in the world. And it was nice after being in a space of just making things in the world to go think about things.