Yara Shahidi

Right.

Right.

that needs me to be on my A game. It doesn't matter if I didn't sleep. It doesn't matter if I have to catch a flight. I'm at a school that needs me to be on my A game. It doesn't matter if I was working. I can't write at the end of the paper, sorry, I was on set. So this is why this is like this. I was writing my thesis.

that needs me to be on my A game. It doesn't matter if I didn't sleep. It doesn't matter if I have to catch a flight. I'm at a school that needs me to be on my A game. It doesn't matter if I was working. I can't write at the end of the paper, sorry, I was on set. So this is why this is like this. I was writing my thesis.

And in that week, right before leading up to my thesis, we were in Paris, Dubai, LA for work. And then I landed and I had 48 hours to turn in my thesis in person. And again, an abundance of opportunities and things I'm grateful for.

And in that week, right before leading up to my thesis, we were in Paris, Dubai, LA for work. And then I landed and I had 48 hours to turn in my thesis in person. And again, an abundance of opportunities and things I'm grateful for.

But I think after graduating and after, again, kind of my general health journey and what that spurred for me mentally, I think it's been the fear now has been not learning from all that. You don't feel like you've learned from it. I think I have.

But I think after graduating and after, again, kind of my general health journey and what that spurred for me mentally, I think it's been the fear now has been not learning from all that. You don't feel like you've learned from it. I think I have.

I'm saying that the fear to me would be if I don't continue to take it as seriously, if I slip up from all the learnings that I've had in the last year, two years. And I've made such great leeway, I feel like, in being able to show up as myself, show up authentically. And so I think as I figure out what that next phase of life looks like, what that next phase of career looks like, I think...

I'm saying that the fear to me would be if I don't continue to take it as seriously, if I slip up from all the learnings that I've had in the last year, two years. And I've made such great leeway, I feel like, in being able to show up as myself, show up authentically. And so I think as I figure out what that next phase of life looks like, what that next phase of career looks like, I think...

I don't know whether it's a fear, a want, a wish. I think my wish is to maintain and hold on to with a fierceness this feeling of authenticity that's been curated.

I don't know whether it's a fear, a want, a wish. I think my wish is to maintain and hold on to with a fierceness this feeling of authenticity that's been curated.

You know, I think it was a great therapy session that I was in where she asked the question, how do you feel about people? And I think as simple as that was, it changed the game for me because I was so curious about what people thought of me. And it wasn't even about – I was able to opt out of what people thought of me publicly pretty quickly.

You know, I think it was a great therapy session that I was in where she asked the question, how do you feel about people? And I think as simple as that was, it changed the game for me because I was so curious about what people thought of me. And it wasn't even about – I was able to opt out of what people thought of me publicly pretty quickly.

And by just opting out, we realized, like, being on Twitter is not mandatory. Like, you may feel like it's mandatory. It isn't. Getting off of Twitter, great feeling for the spirit. Getting off of TikTok, not looking myself up.

And by just opting out, we realized, like, being on Twitter is not mandatory. Like, you may feel like it's mandatory. It isn't. Getting off of Twitter, great feeling for the spirit. Getting off of TikTok, not looking myself up.

All those things were, I think, adjustments and things that I was able to learn in real time and get support to be like, all right, this is how I'm going to navigate the fact that I'm a public person. You need all these social media things for your job. But you don't have to engage in this way of being super accessible all the time and always looking at what people are saying.

All those things were, I think, adjustments and things that I was able to learn in real time and get support to be like, all right, this is how I'm going to navigate the fact that I'm a public person. You need all these social media things for your job. But you don't have to engage in this way of being super accessible all the time and always looking at what people are saying.

So luckily, that was a lesson that I think I learned in real time and was able to learn from. But in terms of like just interpersonal relationships, I think it's the nature of just my job is when you're in an audition room, half of it is acting well, but also being liked. And so I think it made me aware of what people thought of me.

So luckily, that was a lesson that I think I learned in real time and was able to learn from. But in terms of like just interpersonal relationships, I think it's the nature of just my job is when you're in an audition room, half of it is acting well, but also being liked. And so I think it made me aware of what people thought of me.