"I'm slowly learning to really step into myself more so that other people can see my flaws… and that's okay." From the first performance she saw that made her want to become an actor to to whose opinion she values most when taking on a new project, hear Millie break down all the things that make her who she is today. Does she feel protective over any of the characters she has played? How does her public persona differ from her private self? What does she look for in a friend? Read Millie Bobby Brown’s Vanity Fair cover story: https://vanityfair.visitlink.me/Z_z2bM
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00:00I shaved my hair when I was 11 for Stranger Things and it was one of the most important,
00:05there you go, it was the most important thing in my whole, in my whole life because it empowered
00:11me so much, made me feel so much better about my, don't laugh, why are you laughing? It's like
00:18somebody's taking a s*** on my head. Hello, I'm Millie Bobby Brown and I'm going to be sculpting
00:23my self-portrait. I am a crafty girl, I am, in England that means something entirely different
00:35but I am a crafty girl, I don't actually like really anything to do with paint or drawing or
00:42anything like that, I'm more of like, I like to scrapbook, I like to knit, I'm that kind of
00:47crafty girl but this I'm excited to do, I think it's going to be really quite a vision. I'm gonna
00:52start, I don't know what tools to use, I'm gonna start with my eyes because I feel like my eyes
00:59are my favorite part about myself. My nan had really beautiful eyes and I have been told I have
01:06very similar eyes to her and also the only way she recognized me, she had Alzheimer's, the only way
01:11she recognized me was from my eyes so anytime she didn't know who I was she would, she would look
01:16at me and then I would say, look at my eyes and she'd say, oh you're one of mine. What do eyes look
01:22like? Can you look at me? White, okay. What do eyes look like? I don't know how to start. Okay, this is gonna be really interesting.
01:37Hannah Montana was pretty influential to me but also Greece, like Michelle Pfeiffer
01:44in Greece. Oh sorry, yeah, Greece 2. Listen, it's not a loved, it's not favorite because of
01:49obviously the original but I was a huge fan. I was in an elevator once with Michelle Pfeiffer
01:54and I couldn't stop staring at her so sorry about that. Eyes are looking really scary,
02:00I'm not gonna lie. I'm hoping to just make it all a little bit better.
02:06I would say my husband. I like, I always ask for his opinion on the jobs I do next. He's very, very
02:14intelligent when it comes to cinema and I, I have less experience in, in maybe watching
02:22for different forms of art and he grew up watching film. He likes things that are very prolific and
02:29He likes things that are very prolific and like metaphorical and I like things that are just really
02:35easy to understand, really straight to the point. I really don't like being surprised by an ending of
02:42a film. I like to be very, very expected. He likes these really wonderful plots that you kind of
02:48really don't and I'm like, babe, like Finding Nemo. That's it, that's where he's at. So I, but I love that
02:56about him. I just think it's just something that I just didn't really grow up. I love musicals and
03:00he does like musicals. I mean, not when I'm singing to him every single day, but he does like musicals.
03:05But I have become a new, a new fan of Star Wars because of him. I had to go down that journey
03:11really before we got married because he was very, very important to him. I watched all of them
03:16in the right order. You know, happy husband, happy husband. They don't have a saying
03:21for that one, do they? Ultimately, I go with my gut instinct, which I think is so important. But
03:25yeah, I have great people around me that I'm able to. The eyes are so scary. I can't, like I'm
03:30actually having trouble looking at my, it's just, it's, it's really bad. I can't wait to show you.
03:36Are you giving yourself a particular expression?
03:38Kind of like my resting bitch face.
03:43Hold on, that's not my resting. But right now, this is what I look like.
03:48That is what I look like right now. So I'm just trying to make myself relax.
03:55Are you protective of Eleven?
03:59I'm mildly protective over all of them. But Eleven is just like, she's mine. And I, I,
04:07I have a really hard time talking about not being able to play her anymore because I think for me,
04:16she's like a part of me and I'm a part of her. So I'm really protective of her. And I don't think
04:21anyone knows her better than I do. And I don't find myself saying that about any other characters
04:26I've done. I stepped away four days ago and it's horrific. It's grief. It was like saying goodbye
04:34to a part of my childhood and I definitely wasn't ready. And it's been 10 years and I'm like, no,
04:40how much longer do you need? But I just feel like there was so much more to tell with her.
04:45So I don't know, 30 years time. We'll see what happens.
04:55I don't think there's much of a difference. Everyone has this like perception of me that I
05:01do think I have to meet. And it is a bit hard to meet expectations sometimes, especially because
05:08my audience is a lot younger. I really want them to be satisfied with who I am. And I'm slowly
05:15learning to really step into myself more so that, you know, other, other people can see my flaws
05:23and that it's okay. And, and I think it also alleviates, like alleviates a lot of pressure
05:27for me. So I'm in this kind of transitional period where I'm really bringing myself back into
05:32the public eye, but I think I went away for a while out of fear that I wasn't understood or
05:39good enough, or, um, I was just afraid of what people would say about me. I really don't like
05:45fame. I, I would rather just act and just act like I would love to be on TV, do what I do,
05:53but without the pressure of being a celebrity, I don't like that. Um, I do love meeting my fans.
06:01I do love experiencing and receiving the opportunities I receive, of course, but the
06:06fame part of it, the aspect of not being able to leave my door without, you know, uh, somebody
06:11taking a picture of me, or it's, it's difficult for me to navigate that because I know, I know
06:18what life is. I had a life before this all started. So I'd say I can reference and, you know,
06:23I don't think anyone would really like that, especially when you're, you know, you're in your
06:27sweatpants and you haven't done your makeup and you don't really want that plastered all over the
06:31internet, people saying things about you, but it's a part of it and I've embraced it. And
06:36I'm extremely proud of how far I've come and how I've handled it.
06:45You know what I really don't like? I don't like being on a rollercoaster when somebody's
06:50recognized me because I'm trapped and because I feel like I can't look anywhere. Like it's like
06:56that. And also food shopping. I'm always really like, I, I hate people looking into my car. Like,
07:06it's just weird. You know, I have a weird shopping list because I like very specific,
07:10like carrots. We're not going to get into it, but like, you know, I just know people,
07:15I know people are looking. And I, I think maybe those things like the board, just normal day-to-day
07:19things, but when I'm prepared, like I'm going to an event, I'm prepared. I'm in the mindset,
07:24but like when you're doing normal day-to-day, like taking my little sister out, I don't like
07:28being recognized because I want her to feel like she's part of a normal life. And when people are
07:33like screaming my name down the street, she, I think she does get a bit like, who is she? She
07:39doesn't care. Okay. I have, my ear is not well right now. So I don't know if you can see this,
07:45but there's one very big one. You know what I'm going to do? I'm going to add more. I'm going to
07:51make it even. That's fine. Okay. All right. We're just going to leave the ears. I just don't think
07:57ears are for me. I have a Cupid's bow. Can you see it? That's what I'm doing right now. I think
08:05I've actually killed that. That's probably the best part I've done so far. I am going to put
08:08a bit of lipstick on. You know what? I'm going to do a brown lip because in electric state,
08:12I'm wearing brown lipstick. I feel like this is full circle.
08:15Ooh. I think I have an interesting relationship with friendships because I didn't grow up
08:21around anyone. I didn't grow up in school and I was with my family a lot. And I was with,
08:26you know, obviously the kids from Stranger Things, I really grew up with them. And I think
08:32I have maybe a little bit of trouble with socializing. Like I can socialize with people
08:3710 years older than me. Like I'm fine with that. It's the people that are my age that
08:43I have a really hard time connecting with. And I feel like I don't fit in. And it's not anyone's
08:52fault, but my own. It's just my own self-doubt of like, do I get what they're talking about? And
08:58do I sound cool? And I question everything I say. And I think, whereas somebody 10 years older,
09:03I can like, I don't know. I grew up on a set. So you can only imagine the things that I hope
09:10that, you know, all the, I mean, the amount of people there and they're all 50, 60 years old.
09:14And I, I, I bonded with them, you know, they're my family. And so I can talk to those kinds of
09:20people. It's just really hard for me to talk to people my own age, but I think I look for in a
09:24friend. I look for some people, you know, people that are loyal and trustworthy. Trustworthy is a
09:30huge one. Like if I can't trust you, especially with what I do, it's just an amazing thing.
09:37Especially with what I do. It's just an immediate, why do I use, what can I use water for?
09:43I really want to dip my fingers in it and I just don't know how. Oh yeah.
09:52How old would I be then? I need to know how old I would be.
09:5740. I just gulped. I was like, Oh, that's an age, probably four kids,
10:06lots of animals. Jake, get on board real quick. I need to be driving a mini, like a soccer mom car.
10:12It's just, it's very imperative to my, my plot. And I'm doing movies with Margot Robbie. I will be
10:20dog Barbie. Like if it means that I get to just be next to her, like I don't, I don't really need
10:24to do anything. I'll just stand there. I will get her coffee. I will do anything. And then,
10:30what else do I want to be doing? So I've got one eyelash that's just going a bit into the eyebrow,
10:35but I feel like that's fine. Like it's fine. That happens sometimes. I really don't want to
10:40show this to anyone. This is really, really bad. And like, I really wish I said I should have
10:45painted now. Oh, Oh yeah. Hair. I usually don't think about hair. I shit when I shaved it. Now
10:55I'm like, hair is literally like not a part of my aura. She's bald always in the inside. Oh yeah.
11:02In 20 years, I hope to have shaved my head again. Um, so basically I shaved my hair when I was
11:0911 for stranger things. And it was one of the most important, there you go. It was the most
11:15important thing in my whole, in my whole life because it empowered me so much, made me feel
11:22so much better about my, don't laugh. Why are you laughing? It's like somebody's
11:27taking a shit on my head. There's now brown fingerprint marks all over it. How do I fix it?
11:37What happened was I tried to put hair on and then my wet fingers made really, really big
11:42fingerprint marks on my face. It really doesn't look good. So yeah, I love shaving my hair off.
11:48It was an amazing experience and I would do it again in a heartbeat. Um, I just loved it when
11:55it rained. It was like a massage every day and having hair is really, having hair is really
12:04annoying. Like I'd hope, yeah, it's like a, it's like a, it's a task. It's like another thing to
12:09worry about. There's just some bald spots, but you know, again, that's normal. It's who I am.
12:15It's who I am. Yeah, that's what we want to see. I think this is looking good.
12:26Did you see a piece of it? No, you didn't. You didn't. You didn't see her.
12:35Laser tag. I just did laser tag the other day and I was like, I think this is my calling. I was very
12:41good at it. I screamed a lot. I yelled. I, I, I forced people to apologize when they shot me.
12:47I think it's like a good communication thing for me. I would say laser tag. Also,
12:52I lasted probably about like 20 minutes before everyone else was like tired. And I was the last
12:57one that was like, I could keep going. Like, this is fine. So I think that I could do any other kind
13:02of physical activity is just not my, not my bag. Do I have any bald spots here?
13:14No, I don't see that. What are you talking about? Well, let me just throw on a little blush and I
13:19think I'll be on my way. I really will. I really will.
13:27I think I prefer others taking images of me than ever looking at this, but can I take the time?
13:35Yes. I'm happy with my job. And I think ultimately like what I create,
13:40I have to be proud of. No regrets. Ladies and gentlemen.
13:52There she is. You know what? I'm going to actually talk behind her. Guys,
13:57thank you so much for watching this video. So much love and speak soon.