“I woke up one morning and went, ‘Wait a second.
I don’t have to do this?'”
Taylor Momsenis reflecting on her decision to leave the originalGossip Girl.
Penn Badgley and Taylor Momsen on the original ‘Gossip Girl’.Cw Network/Kobal/Shutterstock
“[Acting] was a childhood thing that I got put into at 2 years old.
I woke up one morning and went, ‘Wait a second.
I don’t have to do this?
I don’t have to do this other job?
I can just play in my band and tour and write songs?
I can just do that?'”
“you could just do that,” she added.
it’s possible for you to’t act in anything else, though.'"
I was just Grinch Girl," she said.
“Not even the character name [Cindy Lou Who], just Grinch Girl.
I got used to it, but it was alienating.”
Listen to Momsen talk aboutGossip Girlin the podcast above.
