Sydney Sweeney Reveals She Hasn't Been Paid Enough to Take a 6-Month Break From Acting

Sydney Sweeney is reflecting on the scenes from “Euphoria” season 2 that she was most nervous about filming. 

As a rule, Sydney Sweeney is drawn to characters that are nothing like her. “I find that challenge interesting,” she says. But playing Cassie Howard, the LA teen who wears her emotions on her sleeve in Sam Levinson’s Euphoria was a welcome exception for the 24-year-old. “Cassie is one of the most relatable characters to me, because I search for love and acceptance, and I’m scared of being alone.” Deadline talked to Sweeney about embodying the intensity of her character, showing real depth to Cassie and what makes her character Olivia on Mike White’s black comedy The White Lotus so terrifying.

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Euphoria hiatus, Sydney Sweeney has been keeping busy with multiple brand deals and upcoming projects. In fact, the actor recently claimed she in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter. Unfortunately, her led to a series of in the month of June.

Euphoria and The White Lotus, earning multiple Emmy nominations. She's also set to star in Sony's Madame Webb. That increased fame has also come with a number of appearances, and Sydney has been spotted at the Met Gala, multiple awards show, and she even threw out the first pitch at .It's important that she recognized her symptoms of anxiety and was able to act upon those feelings.

WATCH BELOW: Euphoria | Season 2 Official TrailerSpeaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Euphoria actress Sydney Sweeney claimed hasn’t yet earned enough money to justify a break from the spotlight, despite her many deals with streaming platforms and beauty and fashion brands.“If I wanted to take a six month break, I don’t have income to cover that,” she revealed.“I don’t have someone supporting me, I don’t have anyone I can turn to, to pay my bills or call for help.“They don’t pay actors like they used to, and with streamers, you no longer get residuals,” Sydney admitted."They don't pay actors like they used to."The blonde bombshell also revealed the cost of working in the industry, which is highly lucrative for a lot of stakeholders – not just the performers.“The established stars still get paid, but I have to give 5 per cent to my lawyers, 10 per cent to my agents, 3 per cent or something like that to my business manager,” she listed.“I have to pay my publicist every month, and that’s more than my mortgage.“If I just acted, I wouldn’t be able to afford my life in LA. I take deals because I have to,” she explained.Sydney with the cast of Euphoria.However, Sydney’s financial woes come from a darker place, given the strain she saw her family face when it came to money issues.Moving to LA when she was just 13 to pursue acting, Sydney was followed by her family, who lived with her in a studio apartment while she was finding her feet.“We lived in one room.

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The Hollywood Reporter, the and star said she has not made enough money to take a six-month break from acting should the need arise. “They don't pay actors like they used to, and with streamers, you no longer get residuals,” told , later adding, “If I wanted to take a six-month break, I don't have income to cover that. I don't have someone supporting me, I don't have anyone I can turn to, to pay my bills or call for help.”Here's how she broke it down: “The established stars still get paid, but I have to give 5% to my lawyer, 10% to my agents, 3% or something like that to my business manager.

HBO’s "Euphoria" star Sydney Sweeney is opening up about being a sex symbol and argued she "won’t stop" doing nude scenes.  "People forget that I’m playing a character," Sweeney said in a wide-ranging interview with The Hollywood Reporter.  "They think, ‘Oh, she gets naked onscreen, she’s a sex symbol.’ … I have no problems with those scenes, and I won’t stop doing them."Sweeney, 24, continued to say that she wishes there was an "easier way" to have "open conversations" about people’s assumptions on actors in the industry. Despite two first-time Emmy nominations for her roles in HBO’s "White Lotus" and "Euphoria," Sweeney was candid about what she went through — and is still going through — to make it in the Hollywood business.

sky-high inflation on food, gas and rent is rendering families across the nation nearly penniless — I, too, “don’t have an income” to support taking a six-month break from work. And it sucks. It’s low-key criminal.When I read in your recent Hollywood Reporter profile that you couldn’t afford to take a half-year off from starring in HBO’s drugs, sex and high school drama “Euphoria,” or from serving as a leading lady in any multimillion-dollar production, it was almost like reading my own diary. As you said, “I don’t have someone supporting me, I don’t have anyone I can turn to, to pay my bills or call for help.” I thought to myself: “Hey, same here.

HBO shows like Euphoria and The White Lotus, Sweeney told The Hollywood Reporter that she still has insecurities over her finances.“If I wanted to take a six-month break, I don’t have income to cover that,” Sweeney said. “I don’t have someone supporting me, I don’t have anyone I can turn to, to pay my bills or call for help.”When asked about the payments from HBO, Sweeney said: “They don’t pay actors like they used to, and with streamers, you no longer get residuals.

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