[sarafyans]

For the last year, I've been working on one project after another, and now that I finally have some off time and I don't exactly know what to do with myself. I'll be the first to admit that I'm a bit of a workaholic. If something sounds good, even if I'm already working on 5 other things, I'm quick to say yes because I love to stay working. I've been starting to feel a little burnt out, however, so my agent suggested I take a break and now I just don't know what to do. I'm tempted to just tell my agent she needs to start sending scripts my way because I don't know how to take breaks. Does anyone else have this problem? ( @gonehollywoodstarters )

[lrhisms]

okay - this may sound super confusing, but hear me out. you know those times when interviewers are like “ if you weren’t famous, what would you be doing right now ? ” did you ever lie in those or did you, you know – be honest ? personally, i don’t know what’d i’d be doing ! so i always lied. but nowdays, i’ve been thinking on those questions, like, a lot – maybe i’d be something cool, like a veterinarian or something. what about you ? ( @gonehollywoodstarters )

[sarafyans]

I think it's natural to give a lying answer because a lot of us have always wanted to be in the entertainment business so we never really thought outside of that box. At least that was the case for me, but that's such a dull answer to give. I think I've stated more than once that I would have been a doctor, but truthfully that never once has crossed my mind as a profession it just sounded cool. Much like being a veterinarian sounds cool to you! But now that I'm older, sometimes I think about what I would have been if I hadn't become an actress. And I find myself loving the idea of being a teacher, so I think that's what I'd have done had I not decided to act.

[rileykeohh]

While everyone has been very kind and trying to convince me that I am not an imposter but might actually be able to hold one or two notes, my daughter has decided she had enough of my singing and it might be the most humbling experience of my life. That being said, who is your biggest critic and are they also barely one year old?

[sarafyans]

Kids can tear you down sometimes, can't they? I don't have any of my own but I have a few nieces and nephews and they tell it like it is. Or not even like it is, because I think you sing beautifully. They just like to get a zinger in there now and again, even at the age of 1! My biggest critic is likely my mom but that's a story for a different day, and myself. Someone could tell me 1 positive thing about my performance and I'll manage to find about 20 negative things with it.

[jennerfm]

What's one invasive question you could live without being asked when you're being interviewed? I like to believe that everyone that gets interviewed has this one question that grinds their gears or makes them have a flight or fight response. I'm normally very calm and collected when I'm being interviewed, I've been in the spotlight long enough that I know just to smile even when I'm uncomfortable with a line of questioning. However, one thing that will instantly make me want to fight is asking me when I'm going to have a baby. I get it, my sisters are out here repopulating the earth with all their kids. But that's a question I think should be banned from asking. Because not only could it be a sensitive topic, but it's also no one's business! I know this is an odd conversation starter, but I sometimes can be the odd one in my family. (@gonehollywoodstarters )

[sarafyans]

As someone who is approaching 40 and has no children, that's a question I hear a lot myself. Like it's unheard of for a woman my age to be childless, which I know it's not. And as you said, it can be a sensitive topic about why I don't have a child yet. But also it's no one's business! Have you noticed it's always men that ask that question, or women that are already mothers that ask it? Because other single ladies with no children never ask that question, and the others should take notes from them. I don't think it's an odd conversation starter at all, I bet you've heard some interesting invasive questions from other people!

[possession]

ANGELA SARAFYAN IMDb Portrait Studio at SXSW 2023, Austin, Texas (March 12, 2023)