Yara Shahidi

And so being on the other side when we did Grown-ish and seeing those sessions, I was like, oh my God, this is like the best, this is the best education because it meant that in auditions, I already know there's so much happening and I just happened to walk into the room right now.

And so being on the other side when we did Grown-ish and seeing those sessions, I was like, oh my God, this is like the best, this is the best education because it meant that in auditions, I already know there's so much happening and I just happened to walk into the room right now.

And so some of your reaction is gonna be about me, some of it, like you're not even gonna have an opinion about me until I leave the room and you watch the tape the next day because so much is happening.

And so some of your reaction is gonna be about me, some of it, like you're not even gonna have an opinion about me until I leave the room and you watch the tape the next day because so much is happening.

There's so many times where it's like, oh yeah, that the height doesn't work out because we just cast this person that's really tall or, oh, you know, now that I've seen all these people, I have this new idea for this character. And I may not have even said it in the room, but they're able to, they're allowed to honor their creative instincts because that's their job.

There's so many times where it's like, oh yeah, that the height doesn't work out because we just cast this person that's really tall or, oh, you know, now that I've seen all these people, I have this new idea for this character. And I may not have even said it in the room, but they're able to, they're allowed to honor their creative instincts because that's their job.

And so I think my job is to honor mine. Yeah.

And so I think my job is to honor mine. Yeah.

That's a great question. I think being frustrated. My character, Zoe, for the last 10 years, she's always perplexed about something, always a little frustrated by the people around her for something that they did. And I'm actually proud of her. She voices what she's upset about pretty immediately, all the time. And I think that's something... that I don't always do.

That's a great question. I think being frustrated. My character, Zoe, for the last 10 years, she's always perplexed about something, always a little frustrated by the people around her for something that they did. And I'm actually proud of her. She voices what she's upset about pretty immediately, all the time. And I think that's something... that I don't always do.

Because I'm working through this again, but I think so much of my personal process is, let's say I get annoyed by something, I go, why am I annoyed by that? Why is that annoying me? And I automatically think of that as just internal work I got to go sort out. And I think there's some truth to that, but I also think there's certain external variables that are just annoying.

Because I'm working through this again, but I think so much of my personal process is, let's say I get annoyed by something, I go, why am I annoyed by that? Why is that annoying me? And I automatically think of that as just internal work I got to go sort out. And I think there's some truth to that, but I also think there's certain external variables that are just annoying.

The truth and the right to say are annoying.

The truth and the right to say are annoying.

That's for sure.

That's for sure.

And so I think I've been on a journey of finding the middle ground of like, I can't always internalize, oh, there's something about that that made me angry. Why am I angry about that? Let me go figure that out at my own time. It has nothing to do with that person. Sometimes it has something to do with that person. And it's important to voice that.

And so I think I've been on a journey of finding the middle ground of like, I can't always internalize, oh, there's something about that that made me angry. Why am I angry about that? Let me go figure that out at my own time. It has nothing to do with that person. Sometimes it has something to do with that person. And it's important to voice that.

And so my character does a really good job of that. And I think in many ways it's what's fun about playing a character that's so opposite of who I am for so long. It's like I wish every teenager, imagine going through puberty and having an alternate world with no consequences where you got to just be a different person.

And so my character does a really good job of that. And I think in many ways it's what's fun about playing a character that's so opposite of who I am for so long. It's like I wish every teenager, imagine going through puberty and having an alternate world with no consequences where you got to just be a different person.