Taylor Momsen, the Gossip Girl star sat down for an interview with Seventeen Magazine, and talked about her career as a musician plus her acting career and other stuff. It went like this…
Do you think people don’t take you seriously as a musician because you’re an actress?
I think people don’t really take me seriously because I’m 16. And they think most 16-year-olds don’t know what they want to do. But I actually really do, because I’ve been thinking about it since I was 2. And in the world of acting, you have such a stigma put onto you that you get into this business for the fame. Fame frankly means nothing. It’s so stupid. Unless you do something great and unless you do something that’s fulfilling to you, what’s the point?
People have said you are angsty. But what do you think?
I am angsty. I’ll be angsty until I’m 80 years old. I think that keeps things fresh. But I always think angst is such a derogatory word toward teenagers. It just means you’re figuring s*** out, and I don’t know why that’s a negative thing.
What would we be surprised to know about you?
I love working. I’m a workaholic, and no one believes it. I’m in the recording studio until three in the morning. I get such a rap for being like Lindsay Lohan (OUCH) and I hate naming names because she’s really sweet and I’m really not. I don’t go out. I have no desire to be some tabloid party girl. I’m entirely a loner. I have been my entire life.
