Alicia Silverstone 'felt more confident before Clueless'
The 48-year-old actress played Cher Horowitz in the 1995 teen comedy film, and Alicia now acknowledges that it was a turning point in her life.
She told Entertainment Weekly: "Before Clueless, I was much more intuitive and playful and had more confidence about what I was doing. And I think after Clueless, for a minute I got a little stressed and made it more intellectual or something. I had about three or four years of this strange feeling.
"Acting is important to me, but I have taken breaks from it at times, and then come back to it because I loved it so much. I've figured out that you can do all the things."
Alicia actually suffered a series of setbacks before landing her first big role in Hollywood, and the actress still has vivid memories of being overlooked for film parts.
She shared: "At first, I was auditioning almost every day, but I wasn't getting anything. Then, all of a sudden, I started to get close to everything. They would say, 'It's between you and one other girl.' But that actually was worse. I'd get so close and then be disappointed, where before I didn't care."
Alicia actually wore a casual outfit for her Clueless audition, admitting that she wasn't especially fashion-conscious at the time.
She said: "What's funny is, when I got the role for Clueless, I wore jeans.
"Actually, my entire auditioning process up until around the time of Clueless, I wore jeans and a green T-shirt with a little pocket on it. That's just what I wore every single day.
"At that age, I never had any interest in fashion at all, so I would just wear whatever was around, even if it was really unattractive flannel."
Alicia previously admitted to being surprised by the impact of Clueless.
The actress never imagined that the teen comedy movie would change her life.
She told Entertainment Tonight: "I don't think I was thinking about anything in the future when I was 18-years-old.
"I had no idea. I just knew it was an exciting part and that [director] Amy Heckerling was such a good filmmaker. I was really excited to take that on."
Asked whether she'd like to star in another Clueless movie, Alicia explained: "I don't think Amy Heckerling's down for that.
"It's not in my hands. I think what's really hard about Clueless to re-do it is that Cher learns how to become a whole human.
"Where do you pick her up? Do you pick her up from the evolved self or do you pick up from she's relapsed and now she's back to her old ways? I don't know where you go."
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