Jenna Ortega reflects on childhood career: ‘Children shouldn’t work’

Jenna Ortega She began her career as an actress at the age of 9, but she assured that she never suffered any misconduct on the film sets thanks to her mother, who protected her “like a hawk”. In an interview with The New York Times (via Variety), Ortega stated that he did not watch Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Children’s TVa documentary series that includes accounts of abuse behind the scenes on Nickelodeon shows, but received a call from his worried mother about the issue.

“I think it was more painful for her because she saw how other children weren’t protected or cared for,” the actress said. “She watched me like a hawk, so I think for her it was more about empathy and wishing she could have done something to help. She just called me and said she was grateful that things were okay and that she was there to witness it all.”

Ortega He also reflected on acting as a child: “I understand why my parents were so hesitant about it, because you’re putting a kid in an adult work environment. I think if I had just continued growing up in the Coachella Valley, I would be a completely different person.”

“It completely changed the way I think and live, and when I talk to other child actors, I can instantly relate to them because we all have it — it’s a very specific thing, like a secret language that we all share,” he continued.

Although Ortega has admitted that “there are times” when she “regrets” having started acting so early, just like her parents, but she “wouldn’t change a thing.”

“I love that when I go on set now, I’m extremely knowledgeable. I know what the camera vocabulary means, I know what a lighting assistant’s job is, I know what an electrician’s job is, I can get along with the director of photography, I can go through shot lists. I understand everything,” she said. “I know what’s going on around me, and because of that, I feel extremely safe and comfortable and excited to go to work every day because it’s familiar to me.”