Elizabeth Olsen Explains the Pros and Cons of Fame

Elizabeth Olsen sits down with Sam Jones to explain the struggles of being famous and explaining that it isn't all it's cracked up to be.

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[toddgarver]

Pros: everyone knows who you are.
Cons: EVERYONE KNOWS WHO YOU ARE.

[lestyers]

If I saw lizzie at the grocery store I would be so scare to even say hi, but then I would probably hate myself for not doing it, hahaha

[theo_k]

She's such a fucking grounded person. Lizzie reminds us that famous people are just humans with the same rights and needs like us. She is very right about what she said and being uncomfortable in such a situation is the least you could do, once, like I said, Lizzie is a down to earth but most of all, cool person who doesn't need 24/7 lights and fame on her (like many other celebs do)... I wish just love for this woman...

[TheRandomeez]

I work at the airport in check-in counters and often times I come across celebrities. Although I am happy to check them in, I would never take photos with them or autographs. I understand that their privacy is getting invaded enough and all they wanna have is have a peaceful journey like the rest of the passengers. My humble request to you all, if you spot a celebrity please don't lose yourself and run behind them for a picture or anything, you never know what they're going through at that moment. And I really feel pity because not everyone gets to shop at a grocery store peacefully. Heck I even saw an actress getting late at boarding gates and risked missing her flight because people were apparently gathering around and taking pictures and not giving her way.

And she can't be rude. Because then the next day's newspaper will read out 'ACTRESS OF THE BLOCKBUSTER YELLED AT PASSENGERS AT THE AIRPORT.'

[LadySoile]

I'm a simple person: I see Elizabeth Olsen, I click.

[AndresGarciaMovies]

*YOU ARE NOT GOING TO FIND OUT WHERE I LIVE BUDDY*

Oh I love Olsen!

[videonlyn]

How does he always makes the host feel so comfortable?

[addicted]

I saw her at the barnsdall park in hollywood around february. I think she was celebrating her boyfriends birthday. She and her friends were all sitting around having a picnic and enjoying the sunset. Despite her wearing a big hat, I recognized her instantly from photos and of course being an olsen. Her friends looked super down to earth and overall, she didn't emanate that uppity Hollywood arrogance. I had never seen one interview with her until I looked her up on Youtube. Her interviews only confirmed how down to earth and grounded she is!

[theinternetisconfusing]

Elizabeth Olsen seems like someone who values her privacy. I know this because I met her and she told me she just wants some time alone in her new home. She also hates my car windows for some reason

[junatrix]

Plot twist: the interviewer was the guy in the car following her

[joscar]

Thanos: I don't even know who you are

*You're not going to find out where I live buddy*

😂😂😂

[LynnHarrod]

"You're so lucky" is only annoying if it's coming from a layman. If a long-struggling actor finally gets their big break and achieves success, and another long-struggling actor tells him "you're so lucky, " it means that he's fortunate to have gotten a break, because it's something most actors never achieve, regardless of talent or effort. However, when someone who has no idea what it's like to be a struggling actor says "you're so lucky, " it discounts all the years of hard work that actor has put in to be ready when that big break reveals itself. With rare exception, there is no such thing as an overnight success in show business. Most actors that seemingly come out of nowhere and are suddenly big stars, they've been grinding it out for years, sometimes decades.

[rubeng]

I was so happy to meet Lizzie at the Ace Comic Con in Chicago of 2018. She is so gorgeous and shorter in person (I'm 5"9) lol, she is the most gorgeous Avenger

[nataliamontserrat]

Ever since I was 5 i have always wanted from the bottom of my heart to be an actor but i would HATE the fame

[VividFilmProductions]

My buddy worked on the set of wind river helping her with her guns making sure they're loaded properly and what not and he said she talked the most to him out of all the actors and that he spit game to her a little and at one point a costume person busted in and rushed her to get in a costume and she just strips down in front of him, thong and all. He said shes super chill.

[idocareforgob]

she so cute. she has such beautiful eyes* 💞

[Vylkeer]

This format is amazing, I’ve known it for a bit but just now YouTube kindly suggested me this 10-month old interview with Liz and all of a sudden I like this show even more than I did before. The style of it, the camera angles, the quiet environment, the “non-mainstream” topics and of course the B&W make it very unique. All enhanced by Elizabeth’s presence. Keep ‘em coming!

[berzerk]

This guy always calls it the off camera show but still has cameras on. Sneaky snake

[Nosttromo]

Pros: heartwarming fans
Cons: weird people

[MrDragonorp]

I can imagine the struggle, of the " oh you so lucky" because you still work hard, and you feel like you can't complain because then you ungrateful, but at the same time you do understand that your life is kinda objectively less "straining" I think is the right word, but at the same time toughness, anxiety, and stress is something that evolves and devolves based on what the person does mostly in its life. a rich kid doesn't really grasp/appreciates the difference between his life and a poor kid starving for bread(of course that's extremes but the concept works on the entire scale), I think you cant expect him to grasp it fully, just try to imagine and understand as much as possible.

humans adapt to their environment and fill their entire range from happiness and joy to struggle and overwhelmingness into the life they have, no matter what life that is. different people have the range fitted on the scale of universal emotion differently, and the range changes across life, but the change and the moment are always subjective to the person own life not the life of the avg man/female.

so I think best way for an actor to handle this(as not an actor advice) is to accept that you are lucky, but learn to let yourself have moments of weakness because you need to understand that just because you in a better position in life doesn't mean that stress doesn't apply for you, personally quirks almost always overcomes the objective place in life you have.