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\t\t<\/p>\n Mena Massoud<\/strong><\/a> had a shift in his mentality after starring in the live-action Aladdin<\/strong><\/a><\/em> adaptation. <\/p>\n The 33-year-old actor previously revealed<\/a> that he hadn\u2019t gotten any auditions and was still struggling to land any, despite the Disney movie making over a billion dollars.<\/p>\n At a screening of his new movie Wish You Were Here<\/em><\/a>, Mena<\/strong> opened up about the \u201cmentality shift\u201d he went through in the way he looks at things.<\/p>\n Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s a mentality shift more than anything,\u201d he told People<\/a><\/em>. \u201cI think we can get stuck in looking at things in a negative way or a positive way.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAt that time, I was younger. I filmed Aladdin<\/em> in 2017, so it\u2019s been almost eight years now,\u201d Mena<\/strong> continued. \u201cAnd, I think you mature as you go through this industry and you realize like, I mean, look, we\u2019re pretty lucky to do what we\u2019re doing. There\u2019s ups and downs in everything, and I think as long as you keep that passion for what you\u2019re doing, that\u2019s the most important thing.\u201d<\/p>\n Mena<\/strong>\u2018s new movie Wish You Were Here<\/em> is now in theaters \u2013 Check out the trailer here!<\/a><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n