Amanda Seyfried has a new interview with Fox 411 to promote While We’re Young‘s expansion into wide release. The movie features Amanda as one half of a 20-something couple who befriends 40-something couple Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts. Amanda’s 29 years old now but can pass for a few years younger. She’s also been kicking around Hollywood since her teenage soap opera roles. People started to notice her after Mean Girls, which also starred Lindsay Lohan. I’m pretty sure Amanda’s talking about the Lohan complex in this discussion. She explains how Hollywood can hamper the growth process, and actors must be proactive to avoid the trap of becoming an eternal child:

On approaching 30: “I have to behave like a grown up. And as hard as it is and as tough as it … as intimidating as that is, I realize it’s the only way to be, it’s the only direction. It’s the only way your life is going to work, you have to be mature, and you have to make mature decisions and you have to think of other people, and you have to be responsible. And you know what? My life is better for it.”

On being young in Hollywood: “I actually think it’s a detriment to growing up for certain people. Certain actors stay kids forever because they’re treated like it. And you just can’t stand for that, when people sometimes… people treating you like a kid, you’re just going to like kind of stay that way if you’re not careful. I’m only speaking from experience, so I realize it’s really important to stake your claim in the adult world.”

You won’t catch her on a Kindle app: “I will not read books on my iPad because guess what? That can also, the battery can die. The battery dies all the time. I almost bought a flip phone the other day because I was thinking, what if, this battery keep dying so much on my iPhone. Books, books, I have to read books it’s just so simple. You don’t need to plug it in.”

[From Fox News 411]

Amanda stresses that she’s not being “ironic” with her preference of traditional print books. She’s separating herself from the hipster crowd and simply admitting that she stresses over phone battery life. But Kindle battery power last forever! I’m a fan of the Kindle. Saves shelf space, saves money.

Another cute Amanda story surfaced last night. Us Weekly says Amanda served helped out the flight attendants while en route from NYC to LA. She “just took over and served cookies for the flight attendants! She was super friendly, laughing and joking with the flight attendants.” And she didn’t take a selfie, like other certain actors would have done.

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