Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum - ASHLEY GREENE: Revisiting Twilight Emotions & Confronting Perfectionism

Episode Date: April 8, 2025

Ashley Greene (Twilight) joins us this week to share how she manifested a role in the massively popular Twilight film franchise and how her life was never the same after it. Ashley talks about the ‘come down’ after Twilight and how it took some time for her to learn how to have fun again in this industry. We also talk about hiding panic attacks from paparazzi, letting go of perfectionism, and the problem with revamping her character. Thank you to our sponsors: 🛍️ Shopify: https://shopify.com/inside ❤️ Betterhelp: https://betterhelp.com/inside 👕 Quince: https://quince.com/inside 🍓 Strawberry: https://strawberry.me/inside __________________________________________________ 💖 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/insideofyou 👕 Inside Of You Merch: https://store.insideofyoupodcast.com/ __________________________________________________ Watch or listen to more episodes! 📺 https://www.insideofyoupodcast.com/show __________________________________________________ Follow us online! 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/insideofyoupodcast/ 🤣 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@insideofyou_podcast 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/insideofyoupodcast/ 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/insideofyoupod 🌐 Website: https://www.insideofyoupodcast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Ashley Green, she was awesome. She was so sweet and bubbly. Yeah. Yeah, just, but not bubbly and a, like, oh, bubbling. I just meant, like, fine champagne. Mm. You know what I mean? Mm.

A good champagne. Like refined, but also like a little fun. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's exactly what I'm thinking right now. She was awesome. You know her from Twilight and so many other things.

And, you know, she likes horror. She does a little horror. And we talk about a lot of stuff. So let's get inside of Ashley Green. It's my point of view. You're listening to Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum. Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum was not recorded in front of a live studio audience. When do we meet?

I feel like I met you today. My like first memory is on a lot in. W.B. Lot? Yeah. like a like a ballet and what happened i don't know you told me about so i think they were like gone and you were like oh they'll be right back and then you told them to take my car you were very nice oh yeah and you remember that i remember that yeah and what show were you doing i was doing um this movie with uh jill silver called the apparition horrible movie but was it bad yeah it's

of being not great at all. I love how you could just say when a movie isn't good, you're like me. I'm just like, oh, don't see it. Don't, you know, you know. Yeah, it wasn't, you know what? It was exciting because it was after, it was one of the first big things I did after Twilight as a lead with the studio. So it's exciting.

So it's exciting. Yeah, it definitely. It's just a drag when it's like, it turns out not to be the way you. Yeah. It ended up being, I think, when he was like parting ways. And there was like a whole thing. And instead of like releasing in the theaters, we were supposed to. they like released the most limited amount possible and so the whole thing was just kind of a

a shit show do you know when a movie's bad do you know it while you're filming it sometimes or do you rarely know that no i don't think so because we thought with twilight um there's this like i don't know if you've seen it but um twilight yes well you know i mean you're you're a man I'm one of the guys that the actual, an honest dude when I say, I really love the movies. I do. And some of my friends are like, you? You're like, I'm comfortable with my masculinity. Well, Ryan knows my taste, but I just really enjoyed it.

I remember after seeing the first one going, that was awesome. I love it. I know. And a lot of people will, you know, I mean, look, obviously it's a huge success and people love it. but, you know, I think, I think people are closeted and they don't, they don't say. People are always so apologetic at, um, closeted meaning closeted fans. Yeah. You know what I get it.

Yeah, yeah. Um, no, people are apologetic whenever they, they're like, I haven't seen it. I'm like, it's, it's, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a ball. It's okay. You don't have to feel bad if you didn't like it. You don't have to feel bad if you didn't see it because it did great. So yeah, don't feel bad. But anyways, the baseball scene, um, we thought it was going to be horrible when we were filming. it was one of the first things that we filmed and uh it was raining and there was like the there was no continuity um and we were just like no one's going to see this this is not going to be

a good movie and then it turned out to be one of the most epic scenes and so i think that speaks volumes one to just editing and sound and soundtrack but um you can be a part of something and think like i remember i don't remember what it was but i read something and i was like this is such a fucking phenomenal script it's so good and then i saw it on on screen and was like Nope. Not as good. Like should have been on HBO and maybe not on like ABC or whatever it was. I hate that. I don't know if the word's jaded or I don't know what it is about me, but maybe being in the industry so long and I have like a horror movie night every Tuesday with my friends. But I watch so many movies and I just, I'm tough. I am tough. I pick things apart. And I've done stuff that everybody could pick apart and stuff that I'm not really. proud of and I've done stuff that I'm proud of and but I still am very tough on movies like if it's

not grounded if it doesn't stick to its own rules if it's if the acting's not good if if it's forced if they're trying to tell you something yeah force you know spoon feed you and there's just certain things so I have a tough time latching on to something and like for that movie the substance oh yeah I fucking hated it and i loved demi more me too i didn't finish it to me it's just like it makes no it makes no sense yeah i have a hard time with um i'm glad you said that because a lot of things that are nominated sometimes i'm like yeah yeah you know maybe i just don't have like that refined taste um in film i guess but there's a lot of things like that where i'm just like what you know there's some and some things were like there i know a couple of things where like there i know a couple

films that won this year, like one person did that they wrote it and they produced it and they edited it and they did everything. And I feel like the win was validated. I love the Nora. Yeah. I thought she was phenomenal. We were just talking about that last night and how she actually even seen it, but my mother-in-law was like, she was savage in the movie. And then you see her like, accept her award. She's so so demure. She's so demure. And she was like, oh, wow, she was really acting. Like, she's not, not that at all. So when you're doing apparition, is that what called? Fuck off, yeah.

No, but like, you're not during the movie thinking this is going to suck. You're thinking maybe it's going to be good. You just don't know how it's going to be cut together. Yeah. Like, I felt, and this is what I always have to go back to to survive. I'm like, I will show up and do the best job to my ability that I can do. And so I've been a part of some things that are not super great, but I still think that what I did stands up. and so that's that's confidence that's what i can do well that's all you can do it's it's like if you know

you're a part of something that's like take care of your own ass yeah like i'm gonna go in there and i'm gonna kill it so at least people go what were they doing in that movie yeah i'd rather hear that yeah i mean i'd rather people be like that was a great movie but if we're not going to get that at least oh god yeah yeah uh we'll get into all this stuff but we uh we reconnected at a convention. And it's funny because we reconnected after the convention was over at the airport. And we started talking. Do you, do you like going to conventions? And what do you like about it? I do. I like the fact that we're, when Twilight was happening, it was absolutely not an option for us to do anything like that or really connect with our fans in that way because the security

was so intense and people were breaking down barricades and like it was kind of crazy. And so to be able to now come back 10, 15 years later, 12 years later, and be able to actually connect with our fans and hear how we were a part of something that had such a insane impact in their life is really special. And so that part of it, I think, is really cool. It's exhausting. Like, you're really tired by the end of it. Because you give so much. Yeah. I feel like there, and I think you probably do too, or there are some people who are just like, next, next. And I think why are you even there? I'm not going to name anyone who does that. There's an actor who apparently just signs and moves on.

Yeah. No, it's William Shatner. But he's a legend. But he's like, there's so many people that he just said, what is he going to do? Take his time. He's like an older guy. He's like 95. Yeah.

I heard this about Chuck Norris. All of those like the kind of legendary people. Yeah. I couldn't do that to people. I couldn't. If someone was coming up to pay for an autograph. You make them cry? I could not.

I have to look at them, acknowledge them, talk to them, ask them about, or give them a hug. or something, that's just part of me. Who you are, because you're a good human. Yeah. Well, it's just part of me. It's just like, I can't be mean. I can't be. Yeah.

It's just, it's not in me. Yeah. I can be mean to someone who's mean. And it's a beautiful, this is a thing. It's a beautiful experience. And like in the same way, I think, like, in the same way when you do charity for something. And you end up, I think, gaining a lot more, honestly.

Like the feeling that it gives you is kind of like, you can't really replicate it. Kind of a similar thing when you engage and have a really nice. moment with a fan like it's a beautiful feeling and a really cool moment and so i think you have the opportunity to do that or go like okay let me just like get through the day yeah no i think that's true i think do you ever get emotional with fans has a fan ever said anything to you like this you mean so much to me this movie meant so much to me and all of a sudden you find yourself a little emotional are you able to just like you know oh no i'm an emotional human for sure i uh someone just proposed in front of me and I cried.

Really? Yeah. She didn't. She didn't cry. I cried. I was like, why are you not crying? Like, this is so exciting. I love, love.

I would cry and say, I'm crying because I can't believe you would do this in front of fucking me. Well. Good Lord. Why are you proposing in front of me? I'm married with a kid. Yeah. I'm not.

But no, no, no. I think there's definitely like some, and there's, I think whenever people talk about their parents or someone who has passed that they had like a strong connection with Twilight with, that's always something that gets me. What was it like growing up in Jacksonville, Florida? I loved it while I was there. I don't think I could ever go back and live there at this point. But it was great. We, you know, we're skipping class to go to the beach. And I feel like I actually had a youth in a childhood that. where I feel like a lot of people don't get that. I grew up in, I was in Middleburg until I was.

I grew up in Newburgh. You grew up in Middleburg. Middleburg was dirt roads and my neighbor had a horse. And then it got real methy and we left. But so I had, I don't know, it was just a, I remember like having a really beautiful childhood. But then I hit, you know, decided that I wanted to go into acting and just there wasn't much there for me anymore.

Yeah, but like, you know. Whenever I read someone's father was a Marine, I think discipline. Oh, yeah. I think tough on you, tough love. But how was your father? Exactly that. He's a big softie, but he's really, he was really strict and he was really, you know, I think I owe my work ethic to him completely and have actually been kind of like

ruminating on how I give my child work ethic without maybe being as hard on. her because it's something that I take pride in at this point, but it was, you know, he was very much like if you're not good at something, you become good at something because you work hard and you don't quit until you achieve it. And so I was good at a lot of things and made straight A's and was in advanced classes and graduated early and got an agent and moved to L.A. Like I think a lot of these things were due to that. But it was hard at times. I feel like if my father wasn't tough on me. If he was more nurturing and more understanding and patient with me, I would have excelled in school. I would have done a lot better. Yeah. That was the opposite. So like the strict

didn't work with me, with my personality. I was sort of, I was sensitive. Yeah. And I felt everything around me, all my surroundings. It had a big impact on who I was and who I thought I was and who I wasn't, you know? Well, that's the, I feel like it didn't exist in the way that it does now, but the whole idea of gentle parenting and the whole idea of understanding what works for your child. And instead of going, like, you have to excel in all these things, maybe honing in on what they're good at versus focusing on what they're not good at. Yes. But we also just, I don't think, have the vast amount of knowledge that we have at our fingertips now for that. Like, I think, honestly, my dad was hard on us, but I think he did the best he could with what he had at the time

and that he worked really hard, two jobs around the clock to make sure that we had a better life than what he and my mom had. Are they still together? Yeah. Really? Yeah. How many years? Oh, God. Well, how old are you?

Well, yeah, they got married when my mom was 16. She had my brother at 18, me at 20. I don't know. So let's just say 45 years. Yeah. They've been together forever. 40 years? But they're probably 14.

45. Yeah. And they're happily married. I mean, she gets on her nerves sometimes because he definitely has ADHD and diagnosed and is all over the place. But they, you know, they love each other. Was he harder on your brother? Because he was. Yeah. My mom was, my mom was protective over me in that sense where she was like, leave her alone. Yeah. She was like, this is, this is my baby girl. And so he was definitely a lot easier on me than my brother. And I got to see the mistakes that my brother made. Like I was very, very. aware of how my father responded to the things that he did and avoided those. Inside of you is brought to you by Rocket Money. I'm going to speak to you about something that's going to help you save money, period. It's Rocket Money. It's a personal finance app that helps find and cancel your unwanted subscriptions, monitors your spending, and helps lower your bills so you can grow your savings. This is just some wonderful app.

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But your discipline in terms of being a professional, being on set, on time, knowing your lines, that kind of stems from childhood. Yeah. And there's a little bit of, I think I've hit a point now of understanding of kind of there's a bit of perfectionism in there, right, which is not necessarily great for this industry. And so kind of finding a way to tow the line of being able to just let it be what it will be. be or do the preparation and then let go of that was definitely something that was learned a bit later in my career. Yeah, that kind of tortures me. I think I'm getting better with it, but the perfectionism always having to be on or always having to be great and learning how to just let it go and not having to be great and saying, hey, you're good enough. Yeah. It's good enough. You're good enough. And trust the editing. Yeah, but it's not even that. It's just, like I'm so hard on myself with everything I do that I want you know I want well then you miss the

enjoyment a little bit we certainly do and that's why I think in the last couple years I've definitely changed the way I think about things I enjoy the process more um you know I'm trying to but like you know overcoming a lot of things that stem from childhood you know can be tough did you have anxiety as a kid or any depression or anything not that I know of I think that anxiety certainly like happened later on in my life. Yeah, when you least expect it. And you're like, is this a panic attack or am I dying? This is a heart attack for sure. No, I just had, um, and I've, this happened after pregnancy, but I now have like sugar crashes and those give you anxiety. And if I don't, I just had a donut. I know what that means. Good for you. Yeah, thanks. I had some honey before I came just

in case. That's healthier than a donut. Yeah, it is. I don't like donuts. It was raspberry filled. That sounds horrendous. Really? It was so good. I'm more of a savory person. Are you like rainbow sprinkles kind of person? No. No. Cinnamon roll?

No. Like it's like salted dark chocolate. Oh, okay. Yeah. Yeah, I'm just kidding. Nothing that's sugary sweet is like, yeah. Probably once every two weeks I order a box of donuts. Ryan, there's donuts in there if you want to grab a donut after this.

You like donuts, right? Yeah. Yeah. Good, good. Join me in diabetes. But yeah, so the anxiety happened later for you. Yeah. When was the first time.

you noticed anxiety. I had an anxiety attack for the first time before my first magazine cover shoot and we were in the middle. What was it for? Maxim. Maxim. Is that still around? I don't know. I don't know where Maxim. I was in Maxim before. I just signed one and it's one of the only like, you know, they send you like the poster board sometimes. And it's one of the only ones that we kept because it was my first and my husband looks at it the other day and he's because do you know, do you see what's written around you and I was like you know I never paid attention to it and it's highly inappropriate but what did it say you know just like or something about orgasms and drinking tequila and like just everything on it like yeah I have to I'll take a picture and send it to you yeah same too we'll post

that but uh but I was like wow that's you know and we uh it was such an interesting thing because we worked my publicism was really dead set on me not being a sex symbol um which is I think fine for some people, but me, that's just not the place that I sit in as a human being. And so we really didn't want to be positioned or pushed as that. And so when we did the maxim cover, she was like, there will be no leather and lace. There will be none of this. And we show up. And it's basically leather and lace. And I ended up wearing like shorts and a t-shirt because she was like, we'll leave. Like, we're not doing this. She's really a badass. But it's- Because that could be tacky. I mean, it could be something you just don't like. It's better to just, I mean, it's forever.

Yeah. I'm so glad that she was there and that it happened. And that's just such a, the example of the industry, though, right? We're like, they're like, yeah, yeah, yeah, totally. We get it. And then you show up and they're like, well, this is all we have. And she was like, well, that sucks for you. She has a t-shirt and jeans. I wish I would have that publicist when they put me in the, the, the mandri-on, the sky. What's it called? The Skybar. Oh, yeah, yeah. So they have a pool. And they were doing a shoot with me. And they're like, hey, would you get in the pool? So I got in the pool with my, like, buttoned down shirt on and my pants. pants and I had this shirt up and my chest is really hairy and I'm like squirting water in my hands we need to also put this up dude it is fucking awful yeah it is so awful there's a couple there's also even that one up there people magazine where it's like in the corner you see with yeah I think there's me with a glass of milk it's like why is there milk why can't it be a soda yeah take this glass of milk there's a glass of milk isn't that sexy see if he'll do it What is that symbolizing? But anyway, so...

So anyways, yeah, I, before that, we were in the middle, our press tours were really intense. And so you're not sleeping much, and there's a lot going on. And I just, I don't think I was fully processing any of it. And so the night before the shoot, I just, like, woke up and was like, oh, my God, I can't breathe, what's going on? And I was freaking out. And my first instinct or response was like, okay, I'm just going to figure it out because I can't go to the hospital because if I go to the hospital, they're going to write about it.

And they're going to say that, like, I had to be taken out of the hospital because I was doing drugs or whatever. You know, this is like the time of the Lindsay Lohan era. Right. But it's so messed up to think about that instead of my response going like, oh, I think I'm dying. I should go to the hospital. I was like, oh, God, I don't want them to write about me. I'm embarrassed.

Yeah. Isn't that something? Yeah. And ended up being, thankfully, a panic attack, not a heart attack. So, you know, what happens, though, is when you get your first panic attack. you start to think when is it going to happen again and that's what usually happens it does happen again did it happen again um i had a couple more but i figured out really quickly uh when they were coming on and what did you do uh i just reframe my mind like i how do you do that you reframe your mind i

basically was just kind of like oh i know what this is now and everything is okay you are safe. This is not. Like once I, the thing that really propelled it was me going like, oh, there's something wrong with me. I'm going to die and go to the hospital. And once I realized, oh, I know what this is, I was able to kind of nip it in the bud. I did. They gave me colonnipin for a minute. And then I just didn't want to be on anything. I wanted to kind of figure out what's really messed up is my doctor at one point gave me Adderall and Klonar or in first annex and then Kalanapan. That sounds like a combination of anxiety. I was like, oh, that's, Yeah. And then I got a little older and realized what it was and just got off everything. But, you know, it is like it's such a, I love what I do. But at the time I was 20 years old and it is kind of messed up that you don't have that many people to take care of you and even doctors going like, oh, yeah, you're famous. Take whatever you want.

We put unnecessary stress on ourselves, and we overthink everything, and that mixed in with lack of sleep, that mixed in with all these other things. It just creates this perfect storm that we're unaware of. And so, you know, it happened to me when I was on set once, and I was the lead, and we're shooting this big finale scene, and it just hit me. and I just felt I go oh my god oh my god and they're like all right rosy we're going to do a close-up of you now we're going to run through it and I go hey I got to go to the bathroom and they're like could you wait till after this could we do one take and I go no no I need to go now and I ran like a drug addict to my trailer digging for a Xanax that I thought I had in my backpack but by then it's too late you already have this so it's going to take time and I remember thinking, praying, God, help me get through this day. Help me get through this day. I'm having this panic attack, and it will not go away. And I talk about a challenge.

I acted that scene out. Big scene. Unaware of really what I was doing. I went with my instincts. I knew the lines. I knew what my character was. And I just did it. And was hoping he'd say, great, let's move on.

And that's eventually what happens. It's like, great, do one more where you get up. They have no idea. I'm absolutely freaking out. That gives me anxiety. Like, that makes me feel anxious. It is the worst feeling in the world. And, you know, one of my therapists said once, here's what you do.

When anxiety's there, pretend it's in the back seat. And when anxiety is going, just remember, tell anxiety, you're driving. Well, I've tried that. I've got, hey, I'm fucking driving here. But I'm still feeling it. Like I like these they to me it's it's diet it's exercise it's meditation it's all these these things and some sometimes people have disorders you know yeah well at the end of the day like you're right we are not really programmed to do what we do with the capacity like I think we all do too much too often and it's not like I just had this sugar crash and then it drove me kind of almost until like an anxiety attack. I think, because they crazy. Today?

No, not today. At one of the fan events, so I had to take a break. And I was like, what is going on? And I had to look at it and go like, oh, the first thing I had was coffee with a sweet creamer, which is a no. Didn't really eat that much breakfast. Came out. Fans were there. And instead of going, like, oh, I'm starting to feel off.

I was like, well, let's just cut the line and let me get through these people. And like, just all the things that you do that you shouldn't do. Yeah. Where everyone's like, are you okay? And I said, yeah, it's, I didn't properly take care of myself. And so this is the manifestation of me not taking care of myself. I think I didn't realize it, but I've had a panic, like an anxiety disorder for my whole life. Yeah.

And when I was younger, I just thought this was just part of me. And then as I got older, I realized, wait a minute, you always feel like this. You've always felt like this. Why do you feel like this? And I started learning why my environment and the dysfunction and just a lot of external things that ultimately became internal. internalized and um i take something that you know i'm always thinking you know i'll get off it and it's just it's it's it's like it's just it's like i'm on i'm on lexapro it helps for you know for everything for me and um because i tried forever without it yeah and it definitely

has changed my life being on it because everything is not overwhelming anymore Yeah. It's almost like every, like even interviewing you, like I was such a perfectionist. This has to be. I remember I never sweat underneath my armpits. And at the end of interviews, I'd be like, oh, my God, I'm sweat. I'm having anxiety attacks while I'm talking to them and not letting them know it. Like I'm like.

And then once I got in Lexa Pro, and Lexopro is not for everybody. There's different drugs. There's, you know, and you don't have whatever. Yeah. Do what's right for you. See what happens. but now it's not that I don't care I'm just more me like I'm just like I'm here I'm trying to be present so it's helped me considerably but you know and I always tell people therapy truly helps

therapy has helped me so much and I've gotten a lot of people into therapy and it's in it's helped them but do you ever go to therapy have you gone to therapy? You know I haven't gone to therapy not in your life not in my life um I it's one of those things, I feel like everyone makes these excuses. While I was pregnant, I really started to like deep dive into how I wanted to be the best version of myself from my child. And then was like, you know, it's probably not the best time to start while I'm pregnant because they feel everything you feel. And then she was born and then it just kind of, I mean, I feel like my acting coach is kind of my talk therapy. We all have a therapist. She knows she knows everything. And we use it for a lot

things but um but no i would um what is the therapy that you it's not it's not talk therapy but it's when they focus specifically on triggers and it's how to like reprogram yourself so that the the triggers kind it's not EMDR it's not EMDR my girlfriend i did that amazing yeah it's really intense it's exhausting right the EMDR yeah i had an experience that was just profound that was just cathartic. It really was, and I wasn't expecting it. Trust me, I don't cry in front of people. I don't like to cry in front of people. I, and I was just so emotional getting this, and it left my system. It just helped me release. But yeah, but have you thought of therapy ever? Like, oh, yeah, no, like, no, I want to. You do? Yeah. Yeah, yeah. I think there's so many people around me

who say it's such a wonderful thing and I just it's one of those things that's on the list that just seems to continue to be one of my like brought to you by better help online therapy folks no one of the things is I'm I just don't want to like start with a shit therapist because I hear I've heard horror stories where they're like so you have to go and then you have to retell your story over and over again because you meet these therapists and they're not right for you and so I don't I don't want to waste my time well you know it's funny I make a joke but But better help is it, they are a sponsor. Yeah.

And what's great about them is like, I always talk about it. People are always worried, like, what if I don't like my therapist? Yeah. And it's awesome because they will just, you just change your therapist. There's no words. But like, can they take like a, like a manuscript? All that information. Well, no, but usually you know, like in the first session or two of like this is, if

you're vibing. Yeah. So you don't have to divulge so much information. Like, okay. If it's like months and then you're like, I want to get a new, then, you know, then it's a lot. Yeah. And obviously you could still switch.

But yeah. I understand, but you know what I, and Ryan and I have talked about this, that's Ryan. Hi, Ryan. But usually a lot of times you think, I've got nothing to talk about it. I don't need therapy today. Oh, boy, I do. Well, no, I'm saying is then you start talking and 10 or 15 minutes in, boy, are you glad you did. You start talking about things you weren't anticipating.

It's not like you come in there and like, this is what, sometimes you do. This is what I want to talk about these feelings I have and this and this. Sometimes you go in and just go, yeah, how's it going? I know how much I was at this convention and, you know, this and, you know, weeks been pretty good. You know what? And something triggers. Yeah.

And you start talking about it. And it feels so, and you're glad you did it. It's like working out. Like, I don't need to work out. And then once you start working out, you feel better. Oh, yeah. How often do you go to speak to your therapist? I try to do it every week.

But, you know, sometimes I go every other week. And if I'm really busy, I've done like once a month. Yeah. And it just depends. But like, I think it's like working out, like all these things, you don't want to let too much time go, too much time pass, thinking you're fine. It's like, you know, you need to get your car tuned up, get an oil change, getting like all these things to make. It's like any muscle. You can't just wait your car breaks down to go to the shop.

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fringe. Yeah, don't do it. Because I was really shy. And she wanted me to break out of my shell a little bit. And so she put me in this thing. And one of the classes was a commercial class. And they were kind of like, I think it was 12 maybe. And they were like, well, if you grow, then every international model agency wants you. Right. But if you don't, nobody wants you. And I did not grow. And so they said, well, why don't we put you in this commercial class? because you could do cover girl, you could do, you know, any commercial stuff, but like, you're never going to walk the runways. And I took the commercial class and I loved it so much that I said, oh, I'm going to stick with this. And then my coach, he had another class, the scene study class. And he was just so incredibly passionate. And I think I like caught that from him and then ended up pursuing acting. I did model a little bit when I came out here to pay the bills. Were you booking jobs? I did like, yeah, but like I did, like, when you go to the website and then you like see the clothes like the same model and like the 80,000 outfits,

I would do that. Nice. And it'd pay well. Yeah. Paid my bills. Yeah. It wasn't nothing. Well, tell me about the audition process for Twilight.

Was it because did you read the books? I read the first book before the audition. So I didn't know about it. And they sent me this thing and said it was this really big opportunity. They say this was going to be a big, big, big. big thing. Well, they said everyone is auditioning for it, like, in this town. And they think it's going to be, it could be a big opportunity. There's a book following. So, like, it could be something. And basically they were like, don't mess it up. Like, pay attention to this one. And, uh, and then I got

the breakdown. There's no script. And the breakdown was 17 year old girl. And that was it. And so I was how many lines? Uh, I, two pages, three pages? No, I feel like it was like five, five pages. Memorized it. Of course. Um, of course. Yeah. I am not a, to this. day. People are like, I use a teleprompter. I'm like, nope, can't do it. Oh, I can. Yeah, I don't know. Maybe I'll become good at it. I just can't. I, that's a whole other story. We get into that, but yeah. But so I was like, I need more than this. And they said, well, there's a book.

And I said, can you postpone everything by a day? And so I read the whole book. And then went in and did not book it because it was for Bella. And they said, you should come back for Alice. Like, we think you're maybe in Alice. And then I had fallen in it. I love the character of Alice. And so I basically manifested the shit out of it without knowing that I was manifesting it.

Where I was just like, oh, no, this part is for me. And I am what she wrote. You believed it. And I'm going to be a part of this. Like, this is the one that I book. And then I auditioned over the course of months and months. So it was more than one. Oh, yeah.

I think it was five, four or five total. Four or five. And I'm guessing that they all weren't just you. No, they were me. And they were just different people. And then they just waited for a while to the point where I thought, oh, I must have not gotten it and just kind of left it. And then it was between me and. a girl who always ended up booking over me.

And I was like, nope, not this time. It's not happening. And then they ended up calling me and telling me that I booked it. And so, and now I look back and I'm like, oh, like, there is something that there's a lot more that goes into it. But it's so funny, I now realize, like, it was before I was in my head about things to where I was just like, I deserve to be here. And like, I'm, I deserve this part. And I'm going to book it. And then I did.

I think, you know, there's something about caring, like really caring about what you do and taking it seriously. I think there's sometimes I'll read on something. And I deep down really don't want to do it. And I'm doing it to appease whatever, my agents. Yeah. And I'm like, okay. And I'll give a good, good read. but I think when you have that sparkle that like you know well just the spark of of like

creativity and passion that comes through and I have a feeling when you when you're saying all these things about how you're like I'm going to get this one I manifested this I yeah there I think that shows without being um like desperate yeah you know there's that that commitment. I know the lines. I know the book. I know this part. I am the character. It wasn't I need this. Right. Yeah. Right. I was just like, oh, I deserve this. And this is, this is right for me. Yeah. When they called you, your agent called you. What was the exact message? Uh, he. Hey, Ashley. It's Don. He, uh, he, he, he, he, he, he picked up and, uh, he said, hey, so, um, um, they uh they got back to me on twilight and unfortunately you're going to have to cut your hair

i was like you fucking what did you scream i did and then i started crying and then i called my parents um and then they started crying um yeah it was a really big thing it still makes me emotional thing about it i'm watching and you're like you're revisiting it yeah it was uh very very i mean it was big for so many reasons, but it was also really cool to, I think my parents being so excited and proud of me was a really big moment, too. So I could see you're getting a little emotional. I love that. Oh my God. That's what this show's about, man. It's about passion. Yeah. Um, did they tell you, hey, you're signing on for all these installments? Um, they signed us on for three. There wasn't, The last book didn't exist yet, so they couldn't.

Were you, but you didn't know if you were going to get, I mean, obviously you read the book, so you knew you didn't die. No, I asked my, I worked at the Belmont. I don't know if you know. Yeah. Of course, another. My friend Autumn worked, I think, at the Belmont. Yeah. Maybe.

So I was a hostess there and I booked the role and said, oh, my God, I booked this movie, but can I have my job back when I come back from filming? And he was like, I don't, you, naive little child. You're not going to need it. You're not going to need it. But you can have it if you want it. And I was like, okay, great. So, yeah, I had no idea. And it was really my first big experience on set.

Like, I hadn't, I didn't. I did day player roles. I wasn't. I wasn't. Again, like, I think it was, there was such a, like, the naivity was really my friend in those situations because I was just kind of like, okay, cool. Like, this is great. Like, I knew, like, everyone moves out to L.A.

knowing that they're going to make it, right? And so, that's the idea. Yeah. Yeah. So you don't move out to LA and go like, oh, I hope I make it. Well, I think the mistake is a lot of people come out thinking, oh, I'll give it a shot. I'll come out. You're not going to make it if you're going to give it a shot.

Yeah, yeah. You got to come out saying, I'm going to make it. Yeah. That's what I think I mean. Yeah. And so, yeah, I came out and was like, this is what I'm going to go. And I'm going to work hard and I'm going to be successful. And so I was just kind of like, oh, my God, this is great.

It's my first role. I'm actually on set for longer than a week. what a job and then we were all kind of kids and like it seemed more of like an independent film than what it became because it was kind of an independent when there were

those middle ground independent films you know it wasn't like a 1.5 million but and then I just kind of hit the ground running and it was just I don't know do you remember seeing yourself for the first time on the big screen in Twilight I do

yeah and what do you remember thinking I don't like seeing myself on screen I was excited but I think the same response I have now where I'm just like oh man it's hard to separate myself from what's on screen and so I remember it being kind of hard to watch myself and the older you get too it's like I'm starting to get wrinkles and my face doesn't look the same oh yeah I just watched something last night and I was like got stop being so vain I'm just like you know I was looking at some other actor I was watching some show And I was like, gosh, look at the wrinkles in his forehead. He's younger than me.

This is why when they're like, nobody cares as much as you think they care. And I'm like, really? Because I'm very judgmental. Yeah. I think we're all judgmental. It's like, you know, I just was like, man, he should get a little Botox. Just a little. Just a little talks.

Yeah. Not a lot of talks, but just a little talks. Just a little bit. It's not bad for you, but it's a little. How much did your life completely change from that moment on? Completely. I mean, I went from working at the Belmont to, being on set most of my year or traveling internationally and doing press or being on magazine

covers like it was just a complete a lot of offers come out yeah which we turned them all down because they were like to be a vampire you know how that goes yeah when you play a vampire they're like oh she can play a vampire put her in this one um so so we turned down a lot and that was when things kind of the the only shift that I like consciously remember because a lot of this stuff like I started unpacking this a couple of years ago. I did a podcast of rewatch and we were talking about how like we didn't realize it was a twilight rewatch podcast. You did.

Yeah, I was pregnant and I was like, this will be great. Yeah. But we really started unpacking these things and all of us had the same response of like when it was happening, we didn't realize the intensity. We were like in this bubble together and it created a really special bond. But like we're now looking at it going like, oh yeah, that's why. you know, I maybe went off the deep end here. This is what, like you get so in your head about things but not recognizing why or this is all just not normal at all, especially as a 20 year old to then have like hyper focus on you as you're trying to kind of figure it out.

But I do, I do remember going, oh, this isn't as fun as it was because every move I made mattered all of a sudden. You're noticed like crazy. yeah and like any job you take like this could be a misstep and this has to be right and you can't be seen with this person and you should be at this event and so I do remember going like this is a lot of it's hard to be yourself like I used to have a lot more fun auditioning yeah and now it was like everything was big like what I was going out for you know it was everything was would be such an epic opportunity to be to be a part of and so I had to like it took a while but like figure out how to actually have fun again with what I was doing that's I think that's That's normal. I think that happens with everybody. I think whatever you're doing, I think you lose sight of yourself, of who you are, of what you want, of enjoyment, experience, memories. And then at some point you get to go, you go, you know, what am I doing? This is, this isn't, I don't want to do. I'm just going to be. Yeah. You know, but it takes time. It's like the lens is right in front of you. Everything, everything you do at that age. Yeah.

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Well, at the time, I thought it was a lot. But, no, I think we had Schedule F. You got Schedule F for the first one? I think so. Wait a minute. So the whole movie you might have made $50,000? Yeah, I think we got $65. $65,000 for Twilight.

The second one, though. Then we started getting paid. Yeah, but the first one I was like, which I guess, You know, I think Peter Fretchenelli probably know because he had been established, but all of the people who hadn't done much. Yeah. He was in the podcast. He's great.

Yeah. He's so funny. He's such a good guy. He's like a big kid. Yeah. There has to be. When I watch this, I just go, oh, there were clicks. There were clicks.

There had to be. Oh. There had to be popular. Like I look at when I watch it, and I like Robert Patterson and I like Kristen Stewart. But I look at them and I go, oh, they were in their own world. I have a feeling they were in their own world away from everybody. What wrong? Okay, I'm wrong.

Yeah. Because there was certainly disagreements between us and like we work. It was kind of like family. Like we were, we had a love, hate sometimes where like we'd get frustrated with each other. But like there was, there's always there. When you're a part of something like that, like the, there's a bond there. Like you're with the only people in the world who know what you're going through. And so I think that created like a really special bond for all.

all of us. And we would, by the second one, couldn't really leave our apartments. And so we would just stay in. Rob would play guitar. And we would, you know, Jackson would play or sing. Nikki kind of saying sometimes we would play games. We would drink. We would hang out indoors. So do you still hang out with everybody or see everybody? I mean, everybody's got their own lives now. Yeah. Well, the, the conventions are nice because we, the four of us, me and the boys have like a group chat. and we basically try and just do conventions together because it's a lot more fun. That's cool.

Yeah, we do that with our class too. And so I see them now quite often. But before that, it had been years because we were, everyone was in a different part of the world and then people started having kids. And so it does make it harder to keep in touch. But no, after, I'd think every, most of them I'm still in touch with. But like if you saw Robert or Kristen,

they immediately come up to you. Yeah. Like you'd be cool. Yeah. Yeah, it wouldn't be weird. No. What, for you and your cast? No.

Yeah. It wouldn't be weird. I feel like it's just, you know, it's been years and it's just like everybody goes in their own cruise, in their own directions. So we see each other more. We're kind of a tight group, but like everybody's kind of gone out, families, this and that. So it'd be a little different if that were the case. It's almost like, I feel like it's kind of like seeing one of your like hometown friends, you know, that you. Dude.

Yeah, like, oh my God, dude. How have you been? I haven't seen you in one. has it been two it's been six years like it's kind of that right yeah i love that um so how do you feel about horror movies because you have a new horror movie it feeds coming out i do um do you are you scared scared of horror movies um certain ones so there's the ones that are sadistic i don't like um that like the like well actually i did like the purge but like there's you know like the saul movies i am not the gore like i'm not really interested in the fact that people can be that in

humane is I don't love to know that like that exists in the world and I certainly don't love watching it but any kind of like like entity psychological thriller paranormal those things yeah I think are fun to watch so what is it feeds it feeds is about like a paranormal like an entity that feeds on your fear and attaches itself to you and so I am a therapist that is able to kind of under the radar. She doesn't really make it super popular, but is able to go into your brain and start to unlock why you are the way you are if you have very deep trauma and damage. And so there's someone that comes, someone comes to her house with this and it ends up attaching itself to her daughter. And so she has to go in and fight this entity basically to protect

and save her daughter. Ashley Green, it feeds. And I was doing this. I just, my baby was six months old and I was like, you want me to do a movie where they take my child? Like, I don't know, dude. It was probably easy for you to get emotional. It was really hard because I was so blocked off. Like, it was such a protected piece. And I'm usually really, as you see, very emotionally available. But I remember it being incredibly hard because I was like, I don't want to go there.

But you eventually went. I didn't use my daughter. I substituted because I was just not willing to do it. I used my friend's daughter. I imagined my friend losing her daughter and that made me really upset. Yeah, that got the performance for me. Yep. Do you just get offers for a movie like that?

They just make you an offer? And they say, hey, you're going to film in Connecticut for, I don't know where to film. We were in near Toronto. near Toronto you're going to shoot for four weeks so we were there for two months six weeks six weeks we're going to pay you this and it's a pretty good life like they take care of you yeah it's been um it's uh it's uh it makes me feel good that like I've worked with people and then people go oh I I worked with her and she's great and I would like to work with her again or like a lot of the stuff that I do now is through word of mouth and and it's kind of like a side of

of the industry that I didn't really think about or understand existed. Yeah. But yeah, it's kind of nice to be able to choose. Do you still honestly love acting? Like, do you, do you wake up and you're like, I want to act? I want to be in something. Yeah. Yeah.

I don't, there's nothing else I'd rather do. Nothing. No. If you had to. I don't know. You don't know. No. I used to think I wanted to go into criminal psychology before I started.

started acting. And so I think that's still fascinating. But no, there's nothing I think that could fill me the way that this does. There's something like, Paul's always like, you're happiest when you're on set. You're absolutely a happier human being. And like, it's stressful, the prep and the hours and then trying to come home and be a full-time mom and a full-time actress is definitely a lot on your plate, but I wouldn't change it for the world. Paul seems like a great guy. You know, I could, is this, this might be superficial. But when I see a post, host of you two, I look at him and I think, that's a genuine guy. Yeah.

Like, I just, I just feel it. I feel it. Like, are you an energy person? I feel I am. Okay. And I'm a cancer. I'm very sensitive. Yeah.

So he is, his energy is so incredible. He's in Arias, isn't he? He's Virgo. Isn't that close? I don't know. I don't really actually follow that stuff. Like, I just know that, like, vibrations and energy are a very real thing. Yeah.

What are you? Pisces. Oh, I love Pisces. Pisces are good people. Well, email Pisces. Aries, Virgo, Gemini, Cancer, Pisces. Are you just naming all of them? No, that's it.

Okay. The rest? I don't know about. Yeah. But no, you'll have to meet him. He's literally one of the most incredible person. And like, I always say, like, if we go to events, I'm like, I'd get us on the door, and then he's the one that secures their relationships because everyone just wants to be around him.

Right. Yeah. And, I mean, I read that you went out with Joe Jonas. I did. for a year he did if you saw him would you be like hey how's it going maybe i don't we don't we actually haven't spoken in such a long time but yeah i'd probably be like how are you i think he's kids now and was that was that was that weird was it like where was there more attention on you at that point when that was going on because yeah i didn't um i remember not we don't have to talk

no no no i just didn't want to um i didn't want to be photographed with him which he was kind of like worked and i think that's why we worked together is that i was uninterested and being known for dating someone and I think he was very used to people wanting to be known for dating him and so it kind of that's yeah where I was like oh I don't want to we don't I don't want to go out to dinner you can cook me dinner at the house and then eventually realized that we were actually going to be in a relationship but I think that's such a hard thing too when you're growing up in this industry is like anyone that you're seen with my brother I was photographed with and they said it was a mystery guy and he was like oh I'm never

walking beside you again this is based on your gut you have to give me an immediate yes or no okay would you want your daughter to be an actor no there you go all right this is called shit talking with ashley green these are my top tier patrons they're going to ask you questions it's rapid fire or you could at you could take your time to your patrons okay yeah a patron dot com slash inside of you they support the show and i love them and raj hello raj tell me about a recent time someone was able to cheer you up when you were feeling down oh gosh um my time My daughter, when I get frustrated, she goes, are you mad? And then now she goes, Mommy, control your emotions or beware of your emotions.

And I'm like, okay. Oh, my God. And it works every time because I'm like, you know what? There's such sponges and I taught her that and now she's repeating it to me. And so, yeah. I love that. Flortatious B. If you could have one power, what would it be?

Oh, I think to fly. Yeah, wouldn't that be just awesome? I dreamt of flying. Yeah. flying just you're I think there's like the ultimate freedom and fine like there's always Alice could see the future and everyone asks if I would want to do that and I absolutely would go insane if I could see the future so or be invisible oh that would get you in trouble though yeah well I wouldn't do anything purvy no not that I'm just saying like you would

you would just like end up like dropping in on conversations you shouldn't hey guys it would almost be like mind right dude visible mic again perv over there and the corner. Leanne. Hello, Leanne. Do you believe in the supernatural? I do believe in, yeah. Sicily.

Cicely. Since you did Twilight and you burnt out from the vampire media, are you burnt out from the vampire media? Or do you still watch vampire movies or shows? If so, what's your favorite? Did you see Osferatu? No, I did not see that. Honestly, I'm like, I have a two-year-old. I haven't seen.

I'm the worst. You're the worst. Yeah. Whenever she sleeps for a while, maybe I'll watch. movies. Okay. Interview with the vampire was and is still one of my favorite vampire movies, yeah. But no, I'm not, I actually, everyone's different, but I loved being a part of Twilight and I loved my character and loved playing a vampire. So I don't, I don't feel like I'm burnt out on that at all. I love it. You shouldn't be. Taylor R. Did you read any of the Twilight books before

yes, you did? Nope. Just kidding. You read, but you read all of them now. I read them all. I haven't finished. There's a book called Midnight Sun that came out after the series ended. That is Twilight in Edward's perspective versus Bella's perspective, and I did not. Would they ever do kind of revamp something or bring something? Revamp it? Revamped. Were they ever bring something back and would you do it? I would do it.

I said, this is, I know AI is a sore spot in our industry, it said, but it would be beneficial if they wanted to make us younger because vampires don't age. And so everyone, when they ask if I would do it, I said, I would love to, but I'm, you know, 15 years or 12 years older than I was when I started. Well, you don't look at. Oh, well, God bless. you, but I don't look like a high schooler. But you would do it.

But I would do it. Yeah, if it, in an alternate universe, if it could work out, absolutely. Hmm. Little Lisa, did you ever experience a moment? Hi, Little Lisa. When a stranger showed you a loved one, an incredible act of kindness? I feel like people show me kindness all the time. Where do you see yourself like five years from now or 10 years from now?

Like, what's the goal? Do you just want to keep working? Be the best mom you could be, be the best wife, be the best, whatever. Yeah, I wish I was better at comedy so I could just do like, not that they really exist anymore, but a comedy because their schedules are so easy. But I, you know, it's hard because I want both. Like I want to just be the best mom in the world and I also want to be the best actress in the world. So hopefully in five years finding, if I could find the perfect balance of those two things, they would be wonderful. I don't, but Paul and I say all the time, like we have a really

good life. So I don't know. I think like, I don't know when the lottery make enough money to like take care of my entire family would be really nice and his family and just create like a giant compound where all my friends could live. Like that would be tight. You know, that's my dream. My dream, I send pictures of like compounds to my friends and going, hey, but unfortunately like, you know, my friends are real folks and they work hard for a living and they're not ready to retire. And yeah, you know, So that dream of mine has to be set aside. But I go at least once a week to the gas station and buy $150 worth of lottery tickets and scratch them off. Yeah.

I do the scratch-offs. And I won $76 yesterday. Oh, well, there you go. That's the start. Put it in a little jar. Yeah. Or reinvest it. But I lost $14 because it was $100.

It's still a win. Yeah, but I like that stuff. I like the, yeah, I mean, that's the, the idea. I mean, if everyone around you didn't have to worry. Yeah, and you, like, I daydream and like, where we had like, we could, I'm certainly not going to be the person that grows my own food, but someone on the compound would grow our garden. You're the gardener.

I'm the, um, not you, the proverbial you, someone, you know. Yeah, yeah. I'm not, I don't know what I would do on the compound. I would take care of the kids. Can you cook? My, Paul's a really good cook. You have to meet. He's the best. He cooks for us because he's, I can cook. But again, Marine. Think Marine Dad. So, like, I cooked to survive. Like, I ate to survive, not necessarily with flavor. And, yeah. So it feeds. When can we see this? I think it's coming out. And it's coming. Well, look for it feeds.

It premieres April 16th. So I think shortly after that, it will be on, I believe it's going to Hulu. And anything else you're working on? There's a movie that I did called The Ritual with Al Pacino and Dan Stevens. You worked with Al Pacino? I did. How was that? It was so fun. What was he like? Was he like, Ashley, how you doing it?

He was, uh, he was, like, you know, like, anyone who, like, gets to a certain age, like, loves to tell stories. Oh, yeah. Like, he very much was in that tour. Like, sometimes we would be, like, doing a table read and he would just go off on this tangent of these stories and we were all just wrapped. Like, we were like, we don't care about this movie. Tell us all your stories.

But you had scenes with Al Pacino. I did have, yeah, I did. It was a bucket list. bucket list he was very um present very yeah like it was uh it was cool to watch him you know he would just turn it on like the camera would come on and then he would do his thing and it would turn off and he would go back to his chair and just where you starstruck uh no i don't get starstruck a lot wow i was not starstruck but uh i'm so in my i had about like my stuff that i don't know was focused on it.

Ashley, here's what we're going to do. I'm going to do this scene again. I was like, yes, sir, whatever he wants, sir. My God. At one point, I think he, like, came over to me and I thought he was going to talk to me. He was like, can you move out of my chair? He's like, oh, fuck. Yeah, yeah.

Well, he's joking. No, no, no, he wanted to see. No, I want you to get the fuck out of my chair. No, he was nice about it. Get the fuck out of my chairs. Oh, yes, Mr. Puccino. I'm so sorry. But yeah, that one's about one of the most heavily documented exorcisms that happened

in the Catholic Church. in the 1920s. Oh, I am in for that one. Yeah. So I watched that one last night. You saw it? I saw it. What did you think?

Yeah. I thought it was good. I have a couple of notes, but overall pretty good. They asked for them. Great. But yeah, I think overall it's going to be really cool to see. I really want to see it in like a theater full. They're going to do a theater release.

See if you can get a link and we could show it in my screening room. Downstairs. I've got the big 4K. I'll ask. We'll see how much. They trust me. You can bring Paul over and I'll bring, you know, a couple people and just, just like a few of us. Yeah.

I'd love that. Okay. I'll ask him. I'll ask. That'd be great. I love it. You have a screening room. Yeah.

I mean, it's not like, you know, this giant like arc light freaking AMC theater. Well, we do live in Los Angeles. I have a couch. It's like, it's just a nice room. I converted folks the garage. It was a garage and I converted into like a little fun screen room, hangout room. He's super rich and super famous. No, it's not true.

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Oh, shit. That's no fun. So we're not packing that much. And we're doing ads and then we're doing the interview. Well, it depends what kind of doctor's appointment. Whoa. Whoa. You talking like a proctologist, man?

Is that what you're talking about? I think that's what I was referencing. I think people are going to be like, right? I don't think it was a clean one. You're going to be like Ryan and Rosie. You're kind of giggly and off today. Yeah. Kind of like it.

That's what happens when you started a couple hours earlier. Yeah, man. I woke up at like, I didn't sleep a wink last night. Not a wink, man. Not a wink. It was, it was brutal. So I think this is a warm up to the interview. You know?

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