Jenna Ortega is opening up about an unknown drawback of childhood stardom.
In a recent chat with Esquire, the Wednesday star, whose acting career started as early as the age of seven, talked about how not being a nuisance on the filming set contributed to her acting career success.
The actress said, “As a child, I was so grateful and so excited to be there that my game face was on.”
Ortega explained, “I wasn’t asking for a sip of water. I would go all day without eating, drinking, whatever, because I wanted so badly to not be in the way of anybody.”
“Maybe that was my mistake, was not actually looking after myself,” the 23-year-old added.
The Beetlejuice Beetlejuice actress further credited her stubbornness as her reason for her success, as after developing an interest in acting at the age of seven, she remained glued to it.
“I was 7 years old when I said I wanted to do this,” she recalled.
“My parents laughed at me when I told them that I wanted to do it, and then that was kind of the root of everything. The motivation.” Ortega continued. “And I never really stopped, because I’m very stubborn. And then I never questioned it.”
