How Euphoria's Maude Apatow Really Feels About Being Labeled a "Nepotism Baby"

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Maude Apatow wants you to know she's much than conscionable a personage kid.

The Euphoria star, who is the girl of director Judd Apatow and histrion Leslie Mann, said she's well-aware that the net has dubbed her a "nepotism baby." In an interrogation with Net-a-Porter published connected Sept. 5, the 24-year-old candidly opened up astir the statement she's been given.

"At first, I was sad," Maude admitted. "I effort not to fto it get to maine due to the fact that I evidently recognize that I'm successful specified a fortunate position. A batch of radical [in a akin position] person proven themselves implicit the years, truthful I've got to support going and marque bully work."

She continued, "It's truthful aboriginal successful my career, I don't person overmuch to amusement yet, but hopefully 1 time I'll beryllium truly arrogant of the worldly I've done by myself."

Maude, who is acceptable to prima and constitute successful a acheronian drama with Netflix, besides shared the advice she's received from her father that has helped her navigate Hollywood.

"My dada ever told maine acting is pugnacious due to the fact that you ne'er cognize what's going to travel next," she said. "He ever encouraged maine to write. You tin sprout a movie and truly anticipation it volition work, but you don't cognize however they're gonna edit it. To not person immoderate power of that is scary sometimes, truthful I effort to bash different things."

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In fact, some of her parents are supportive. 

"Dad ever reads what I write, but I person to beryllium astatine a definite point," she continued. "I'll hold until I'm astir done and past get notes from him. I get annoyed due to the fact that he'll travel up with a amended idea, but he's super-helpful. So is my mom."

"I consciousness similar I truly request to beryllium myself," Maude explained about feeling pressured to marque her parents proud, "so I enactment other hard."

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However, she points retired that she's her ain worst critic.

"I'm ever hard connected myself," Maude confessed. "Sometimes I get successful my caput and think, 'Why would anyone privation to perceive what I person to say?' Then I archer myself, it doesn't matter, it's conscionable entertainment. I effort to wide my caput of immoderate of those thoughts."

She continued, "You can't perpetually justice yourself: it's specified a creativity killer."

It is, indeed!

And from her upcoming tv projects—Euphoria play 3 and her caller sci-fi bid Pantheon—it looks similar she's doing conscionable fine!

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