Photo: Karwai Tang/WireImageMinnie Driveris opening up about the “awfulness” of the acting world.In a recent interview withThe Cutfollowing the release of her new bookManaging Expectations: A Memoir in Essays, the 52-year-old actress was asked about the time a producer allegedly said she was not “hot enough” for the 1997 filmGood Will Hunting, something Driver has previously discussed.“It was devastating,” Driver toldThe Cut. “To be told at 26 that you’re not sexy when you maybejustgot over all your teenage angst and started to think, you know,Maybe in the right light and the right shoes and the right dress, I’m all right.“Driver, who played Skylar oppositeMatt Damon’s Will Hunting, went on to receive her firstAcademy Awardnomination for the role.George Kraychyk/Miramax/Kobal/ShutterstocNever miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“I certainly had insecurities growing up. That I was not gorgeous. I was not super pretty. The idea that that was the currency I was then meant to pursue, and I was meant to try and find ways of making myself prettier. I thank God that I didn’t do a ton of stuff that I could have then gone and done,” Driver said. “It could have been way more damaging than it was.“She added that, at the time, “I had such a lovely family going, ‘F— that. You’re gorgeous on all these levels. And if one person doesn’t think that you’re pretty enough, f— it.’ “Driver first told the story toAndy Cohenon a 2016 episode ofWatch What Happens Livewhen she was asked about the rudest comment she’s ever received in Hollywood.RELATED VIDEO:Ben AffleckOn His Bond with Matt Damon: My ‘Sanity and Mental Health Has Really Benefited’“I really can’t [name names] because then I’ll never work again, and I have to work because I have a mortgage,” Driver said at the time, adding that the unnamed producer “did not think I was hot enough to be in that film and did not want me in the film.“Driver said costars Damon andBen Affleckas well as director Gus Van Sant “fought very hard” for her to be in the movie.“I am grateful to them until this day,” she said.Although Driver thanked her supportive colleagues, she’s also honest about how hard she’s worked to get where she is today.Sherecently told PEOPLEshe had to “fight really hard for every job,” calling that the “first lesson” she learned in the business after her breakout role in the 1995 filmCircle of Friends.“It’s never just going to come easily,” Driver said. “And I think that’s okay because the payoff is huge, like emotionally being able to do what you love for a living and make money at it.”
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Minnie Driveris opening up about the “awfulness” of the acting world.In a recent interview withThe Cutfollowing the release of her new bookManaging Expectations: A Memoir in Essays, the 52-year-old actress was asked about the time a producer allegedly said she was not “hot enough” for the 1997 filmGood Will Hunting, something Driver has previously discussed.“It was devastating,” Driver toldThe Cut. “To be told at 26 that you’re not sexy when you maybejustgot over all your teenage angst and started to think, you know,Maybe in the right light and the right shoes and the right dress, I’m all right.“Driver, who played Skylar oppositeMatt Damon’s Will Hunting, went on to receive her firstAcademy Awardnomination for the role.George Kraychyk/Miramax/Kobal/ShutterstocNever miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“I certainly had insecurities growing up. That I was not gorgeous. I was not super pretty. The idea that that was the currency I was then meant to pursue, and I was meant to try and find ways of making myself prettier. I thank God that I didn’t do a ton of stuff that I could have then gone and done,” Driver said. “It could have been way more damaging than it was.“She added that, at the time, “I had such a lovely family going, ‘F— that. You’re gorgeous on all these levels. And if one person doesn’t think that you’re pretty enough, f— it.’ “Driver first told the story toAndy Cohenon a 2016 episode ofWatch What Happens Livewhen she was asked about the rudest comment she’s ever received in Hollywood.RELATED VIDEO:Ben AffleckOn His Bond with Matt Damon: My ‘Sanity and Mental Health Has Really Benefited’“I really can’t [name names] because then I’ll never work again, and I have to work because I have a mortgage,” Driver said at the time, adding that the unnamed producer “did not think I was hot enough to be in that film and did not want me in the film.“Driver said costars Damon andBen Affleckas well as director Gus Van Sant “fought very hard” for her to be in the movie.“I am grateful to them until this day,” she said.Although Driver thanked her supportive colleagues, she’s also honest about how hard she’s worked to get where she is today.Sherecently told PEOPLEshe had to “fight really hard for every job,” calling that the “first lesson” she learned in the business after her breakout role in the 1995 filmCircle of Friends.“It’s never just going to come easily,” Driver said. “And I think that’s okay because the payoff is huge, like emotionally being able to do what you love for a living and make money at it.”
Minnie Driveris opening up about the “awfulness” of the acting world.
In a recent interview withThe Cutfollowing the release of her new bookManaging Expectations: A Memoir in Essays, the 52-year-old actress was asked about the time a producer allegedly said she was not “hot enough” for the 1997 filmGood Will Hunting, something Driver has previously discussed.
“It was devastating,” Driver toldThe Cut. “To be told at 26 that you’re not sexy when you maybejustgot over all your teenage angst and started to think, you know,Maybe in the right light and the right shoes and the right dress, I’m all right.”
Driver, who played Skylar oppositeMatt Damon’s Will Hunting, went on to receive her firstAcademy Awardnomination for the role.
George Kraychyk/Miramax/Kobal/Shutterstoc
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“I certainly had insecurities growing up. That I was not gorgeous. I was not super pretty. The idea that that was the currency I was then meant to pursue, and I was meant to try and find ways of making myself prettier. I thank God that I didn’t do a ton of stuff that I could have then gone and done,” Driver said. “It could have been way more damaging than it was.”
She added that, at the time, “I had such a lovely family going, ‘F— that. You’re gorgeous on all these levels. And if one person doesn’t think that you’re pretty enough, f— it.’ "
Driver first told the story toAndy Cohenon a 2016 episode ofWatch What Happens Livewhen she was asked about the rudest comment she’s ever received in Hollywood.
RELATED VIDEO:Ben AffleckOn His Bond with Matt Damon: My ‘Sanity and Mental Health Has Really Benefited’
“I really can’t [name names] because then I’ll never work again, and I have to work because I have a mortgage,” Driver said at the time, adding that the unnamed producer “did not think I was hot enough to be in that film and did not want me in the film.”
Driver said costars Damon andBen Affleckas well as director Gus Van Sant “fought very hard” for her to be in the movie.
“I am grateful to them until this day,” she said.
Although Driver thanked her supportive colleagues, she’s also honest about how hard she’s worked to get where she is today.
Sherecently told PEOPLEshe had to “fight really hard for every job,” calling that the “first lesson” she learned in the business after her breakout role in the 1995 filmCircle of Friends.
“It’s never just going to come easily,” Driver said. “And I think that’s okay because the payoff is huge, like emotionally being able to do what you love for a living and make money at it.”
source: people.com
