{"id":96726,"date":"2024-05-11T22:02:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T22:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/11\/taylor-momsen-acting-was-just-a-day-job\/"},"modified":"2024-05-11T22:02:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T22:02:10","slug":"taylor-momsen-acting-was-just-a-day-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/11\/taylor-momsen-acting-was-just-a-day-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Momsen: Acting was just a day job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2024-05-11\" datetime=\"1715464930\" pubdate=\"\">11 May 2024<\/time>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/taylor-momsen\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,taylor-momsen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taylor Momsen<\/a> always saw acting as a &#8220;day job&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Taylor Momsen quit acting to focus on music<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old star initially found fame as an actress, but Taylor always intended to turn her attention towards music one day.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor &#8211; who played Jenny Humphrey on &#8216;Gossip Girl&#8217; between 2007 and 2012 &#8211; told E! News: &#8220;I grew up writing songs and I&#8217;ve been singing since before I can remember. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As soon as I could write, it became this way for me to express myself. I played in bands in middle school and I was always working at this.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Acting was always a day job. It was a cool experience, but it was my childhood.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nTaylor formed The Pretty Reckless in 2011, when she was living in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd Taylor doesn&#8217;t regret turning her back on her acting career in order to focus on music.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe said: &#8220;I quit everything else and just focused on music. It was the best decision I ever made, because it&#8217;s my true passion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nTaylor previously claimed that she&#8217;s never had any regrets about her career path.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe singer explained to The Washington Times newspaper: &#8220;[Acting] wasn&#8217;t my passion at all. Music was my passion, and I really needed to focus on that full-time. <\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;Acting was just a job. I quit and haven&#8217;t looked back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nTaylor stars in the band alongside Ben Phillips, Mark Damon and Jamie Perkins, and she revealed that they feel like a &#8220;big family&#8221; when they&#8217;re working together.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe actress-turned-singer said: &#8220;We&#8217;re all a big family at this point, so there&#8217;s no secrets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nTaylor also revealed that she feels comfortable enough to share dressing rooms with her bandmates. <\/p>\n<p>\nShe explained: &#8220;We share a bus and we share dressing rooms. It&#8217;s very much a family. <\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;In one way, the longer you&#8217;ve been doing it, the more challenging it becomes because you get so used to the grind. But at the same time, it becomes easier because you&#8217;re more familiar with it. <\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;Touring is like a second home in a way because we&#8217;re on the road so much.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/taylor-momsen-acting-just-day-job-1399446.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>11 May 2024 Taylor Momsen always saw acting as a &#8220;day job&#8221;. Taylor Momsen quit acting to focus on music The 30-year-old star initially found fame as an actress, but Taylor always intended to turn her attention towards music one day. 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