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What did you mean when you said the episodes are more like movies?<\/strong><\/p>\n I mean, in the first season we had episodes that really stood out visually, like the dance episode was a really big one for people, and that setting was very particular and it felt like Prom Night,<\/em> a little bit, or Carrie.<\/em> Every episode [of season two] that I\u2019ve read so far is like that. It just stands out on its own as a very memorable scene or bit or setting, which I think is what I\u2019m most excited for, because to pull that off for eight episodes is, I think, really incredible and really lucky.<\/p>\n You\u2019d been working for a long time before things really took off.<\/strong><\/p>\n I have been doing this for 12 years. It\u2019s weird to look back on all the experiences that I\u2019ve had doing the job that I do. And then to be here now is\u2026I don\u2019t know, I feel like it\u2019s some sort of sick prank.<\/p>\n You must have vivid memories of your early years, auditioning and trying to get roles.<\/strong><\/p>\n I wanted to start when I was six. But I didn\u2019t actually start until I was 10. There\u2019s a lot of things that I\u2019ve done in my career that I used to say I wanted to do, or dreamed about doing. I\u2019m definitely a perfectionist, but I also think that that comes with never being satisfied or never being able to stop and slow down and appreciate what\u2019s been going on or what I\u2019ve seen. The last few months I\u2019ve been able to reflect on the fact that a lot of the things that I wanted to do when I was younger, including work with Tim Burton, have happened. I almost didn\u2019t realize it because I was so focused on the work and had tunnel vision.<\/p>\n Does it still live up to what you imagined?<\/strong><\/p>\n To still enjoy the job just as much 12 years later\u2014even seeing all of the ugly and wonderful and extreme\u2014I think is pretty cool. I made this decision when I was 10, so I\u2019m living off of a 10-year-old\u2019s choices.<\/p>\n Anything you wish you\u2019d done differently?<\/strong><\/p>\n I\u2019m very much a people pleaser. I like to say that I\u2019m not anymore\u2014but I am. I wish that I felt that I was a bit more in control of my experiences. When I was younger, I was just so happy to be a part of the conversation that I wasn\u2019t really playing it in a strategic way. Not that it has to be. I wish that maybe I had felt more autonomy in who I was from a younger age. I think I\u2019ve definitely fallen into patterns of taking myself too seriously or not being able to create much balance in my life.<\/p>\n Balance in what way?<\/strong><\/p>\n When I was younger, I wasn\u2019t thinking about sleepovers and friends and proms. It was always, \u201cWhat am I going to do next? How am I going to get this job? What meeting should I take?\u201d It was work and school and sleep and repeat. So it\u2019s been funny as I\u2019ve gotten older to realize, \u201cHuh, yeah, you do need your hands in other bowls and you do need to take a step and a breather.\u201d I\u2019m glad that I realize that now, but it\u2019s strange to have not really had that experience or been eager for that experience when I was younger.<\/p>\n It\u2019s important to have connections back to reality.<\/strong><\/p>\n Definitely. Everything that\u2019s happened\u2014it almost feels like another person that people are talking about. I don\u2019t feel attached to my name at all, or people\u2019s perception of my name. I have conversations with people all the time about the position that I\u2019m in now and everything that\u2019s happening, but nothing in my personal life has really changed or been altered in any way. It almost doesn\u2019t sound real. I just feel very detached from the whole thing, which maybe helps as well. But at the same time, it\u2019s kind of scary. I don\u2019t know how people do it. I feel like there\u2019s probably some handbook out there that just was never handed to me.<\/p>\n This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. For fashion and beauty details, go to<\/em> VF.com\/credits<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n