“It’s so easy to be insecure about your looks or if you’re wearing the right clothes, or your hair and makeup. And I think it’s just so important to stay true to who you are.”
“I would write scripts and little plays and perform them in the living room for my family when I was little with my brother until my mom said, ‘Alright, you need to go do it somewhere else other than the house.’”
“I’m passionate about encouraging girls to be confident in their own skin.”
“I’m a very lazy person, so I don’t really do things or go out very much, but when I do get out of the house, I do get recognized a lot.”
“Before, I would just only stick to a few certain colors that were considered good for my skin tone and good for my hair. But ever since ‘Stranger Things,’ the wardrobe people there, they would always stick me in these super bright colors. I discovered all these new colors that I just like wearing.”
“I want to go to college, definitely. If it’s possible, I want to.”
“I’m open to trying multiple different types of styles.”
“Chicken and waffles! I’m obsessed with those.”
“Not everybody has their first kiss in front of 200 extras and their mom.”
“I think, often, child actors are, like, overlooked a little bit.”
“I’ve been compared to a lot of redheads. Here’s the thing though: you can look nothing like somebody, but if you both have red hair, all of a sudden people think you look exactly the same.”
“I realised what goes on in the egg industry and the dairy industry, so then I was like, ‘That’s it! Going vegan!’ and I just kind of went cold turkey, basically.”
“If the vegan diet doesn’t work out for you, at least you can do something for animals – whether that’s the way you eat or the way you dress, everything helps, really.”
“I don’t have speed dial, but if I had one, it would probably be my mum.”
“I have, like, a playlist with all my favourite songs on it. Sadie’s Playlist is the soundtrack of my life. ‘Wonderwall’ by Oasis, ‘Under The Bridge’ by Red Hot Chili Peppers, TLC, ‘Waterfalls’ – I love the ’90s.”
“If you’re a child, and you’re on Broadway, you automatically know every other child in a production.”
“I worked with a skateboarding instructor for three hours every day. We would go to the park and do ramps. I had to wear a ridiculous amount of gear – elbow pads, knee pads, every kind of pad, plus a helmet – to stop myself from getting hurt.”
“My friend had told me about ‘Stranger Things’ and how I had to watch it. I was like, ‘OK, I will!’ I binged it in, like, a day and was like, ‘Oh my gosh, Mom, you need to watch this show. Everyone needs to watch this.’ A week later, I got the breakdown for Max. A month later, I got the part.”
“I knew the big following ‘Stranger Things’ had, and I really liked the show, but even if I hadn’t known what the show was, I still really related to the character, and I really liked the material.”
“I’ll skateboard now and then from time to time.”
“I watched the ‘Food, Inc.’ documentary and was like, ‘This has opened my eyes to the meat industry – maybe I should go vegetarian.’ And my friend told me, ‘Sadie, you’re not gonna last a week.’ But I’m very competitive.”
“I realized that, as a woman, you have an obligation to be a feminist.”
“I’m 16, and I’m still self-conscious. Everyone is at this age.”
“You need to be silly sometimes.”
“For me, fashion is one of the biggest changes. I never got to wear Chanel or anything like that, growing up, or really experience fashion the way I get to now.”
“I have more interesting things to post on social media, now that I’m going to Venice and stuff like that, instead of, you know, going to school and sitting on my couch.”
“I think there’s this misconception about vegans, that it’s impossible, and they’re crazy or whatever. But it’s not like that. You can be vegan and still be really chill.”
“I’m not really about spending every second on social media. I think there’s a lot more useful things you can do with your time.”
“I never really had a celebrity crush when I was little. I know some of my friends have posters up on their bedroom wall; I was never really about that.”
“I’ve always kind of had this interest in fashion.”
“I always felt stupid at the skate park. Everyone else is just wiping out and getting hurt, but they didn’t even have helmets and knee pads – and I’m over here looking like some kind of marshmallow. I felt so ridiculous.”
“I live in New Jersey, so I kind of just go to New York whenever.”
“I’ve always loved fashion, but I think that right now, it’s hit its peak – I’m just so obsessed with clothes and paying attention to brands and collections. I guess 16 is kind of the age when you start to develop opinions on all that and knowing what suits your style.”
“There was one time during my busiest month when I went into school, and they were like, ‘Sadie, where’s your calculator? The PSAT is today.’ I was like, ‘The what?’ Luckily, it was the practice one, but I still had to text my dad and get him to bring me my graphing calculator.”
“My stylist told me Chanel wanted to dress me for the ‘Stranger Things’ premiere. It was such a big deal for me, knowing that Chanel wanted to work with me and that I was gonna go to one of my first big red carpets wearing Chanel. That was such a huge moment for me.”
“When I’m at home doing nothing, obviously I don’t really dress up.”
“I go through so many different phases, just like every teenage girl does.”
“I think that’s what’s so fun about fashion: that I don’t have to be defined by one particular style. It’s whatever I’m feeling that day.”
“College is right for some people, and it’s not for others. I shouldn’t rush into it just because that’s what everyone does after high school is you go to college.”
“As much as I’ve always dreamed of going to college, I have to think about whether it is the right decision for me.”
“Comfort is number one for me with shoes. I like to do a test walk in heels to make sure I won’t fall or get crazy blisters.”
“It’s become easier to speak up for myself.”
“My Miu Miu gown at the Golden Globes was the first time I had anything custom-made for me.”
“For the Emmys, my friend Rooney Mara designed a dress for me with her brand, Hiraeth. It’s so neat to see a sketch turn into a full-on look.”
“I have not seen ‘It’ because I don’t like horror movies. I don’t mess with clowns or demons.”
“Now it’s like, I’ll go to Starbucks, or I’ll go to the mall or anywhere, and lots of people will recognize me, and I’m like, ‘Oh, wow, this is actually a thing now; this is happening.’ It can get a little bit crazy at times, but I love meeting people, and people shouldn’t feel scared to come up to me and say ‘Hi.’”
“Broadway’s a little different from Houston, but it’s not a big difference.”
“In ‘White Christmas,’ I wasn’t the main part.”
“I love learning new things from the other actors.”
“In musicals, everyone is screaming.”
“My mom always plays Madonna in the car, so I was kind of familiar with what she was into in the ’80s.”
“I’m a huge ‘Back to the Future’ fan.”
“I’ve definitely grown up, but I’m the same Sadie now that I would have been, even if I wasn’t on ‘Stranger Things.’”
“I’ve always been laid back, go with the flow.”
“I’m usually the kind of person where if someone tells me, ‘Oh my God, you have to watch this show. It’s amazing,’ I kind of want to go against it and not watch it. But for ‘Stranger Things,’ I couldn’t resist. I had to watch it.”
“We were at a Giants game, and my manager told me, ‘Sadie, you have an audition for a show called ‘Stranger Things,” and I had just finished binge-watching it in a few days.”
“I just don’t want to believe in ghosts, ghouls and spirits.”
“I see some kids whose social media is their whole world, and I actually think it’s good to disconnect from that.”
“My dad’s a teacher and a football coach, and he found a job in New Jersey.”
“Since when I was little, I would always write a script and tell my sister, ‘Read this line. I’m going to film it.’”
“I don’t always enjoy them, but when a scary movie has a really good storyline, that gets me interested.”
“To see that the campaign I did for Kate Spade is on the home page, that’s insane. The number of times I’ve logged onto this website and just dreamed about all these clothes, and now I’m in this campaign – I’m so blessed.”
“I’d always just look at Chanel and Kate Spade and think how incredible these brands were.”
“If I’m ever wearing a super-flowy dress, I like to toughen it up with a boot or something.”
“I’m not just edgy, and I’m not just into a tomboy look, and I’m not just girly. I do what I want, and if I like something, I’ll wear it.”
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