Addison Rae's Quotes About Her Acting Career, 'He's All That' Film

When it comes to spilling the tea on her acting career, Addison Rae does not hold back! The TikTok star nabbed a role in the Netflix movie He’s All That and made her onscreen debut in August 2021. Less than a month later, the streaming service announced that they signed a multipicture deal with the internet star.

“Getting the opportunity to work with Netflix was such a pinch-me moment and now to be able to continue the relationship is beyond my wildest dreams,” Addison said in a statement, per The Hollywood Reporter. “I’m thrilled to be able to collaborate with this incredible team and am excited to develop projects while continuing to strengthen my skills as an actress.”

Addison revealed that she would be trying her hand as an actress in September 2020 when it was announced that she would be staring in the gender-swapped remake of the cult-classic 1990s movie She’s All That.

“It’s been a dream of mine forever to be an actress,” the Louisiana native told Glamour U.K. in February 2021. “To be really called one now, is just really insane. Growing up, I was always in acting classes and watching movies and pretending I was the character.”

Prior to her stint in Hollywood, the internet personality was gearing up to major in broadcast journalism while attending Louisiana State University. Once she blew up on TikTok, all of her plans changed. Between a music and acting career, Addison’s becoming a household name.

During an interview with SiriusXM’s The Morning Mash-Up, Addison recalled her first day on the He’s All That set.

“I knew the lines. I nailed it. I had, you know, two of my costars with me, the entire scene and the first day we shot,” she recalled in April 2021. “So, it was so much fun and I got to work with everyone on the first day.”

The influencer added, “It was a project that I, you know, felt really, really good about, especially, you know, going into it. And now that it’s over, it feels better than ever. So, I’m really happy.”

Since being cast in her first-ever starring movie role, Addison has gushed over her acting career in multiple interviews.

“It was intimidating at first because it was a lot of lines, but I feel like I memorized it pretty easily,” she said during a December 2020 episode of her “That Was Fun?” podcast. “It just comes with listening to the other person. … If you think of it too much like memorizing every single line, then you never have like genuine reactions or anything because you’re just waiting for them to stop talking so you can, instead of responding like a normal conversation.”

Scroll through our gallery to read all Addison’s quotes about her budding acting career.

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Getting Advice

“You know, this experience is incredible and a dream come true, truly. I think that every single person that I’ve talked to has kinda given me the same advice, just put your heart into it,” she gushed during while appearing on IMDb On the Scene. “At the end of the day, if you do your very best and do your part, there is nothing that anyone can say that bring that amazing feeling down of accomplishing something like that.”

Proving Herself

“People have a lot to say about ‘Did she work for it, does she deserve it, does she even like to act?’” Addison told The Los Angeles Times in August 2021. “That was the most difficult part for me to comprehend, because I do love acting and I’ve done it my entire life, but people don’t know that. In a way, I am trying to prove myself. Like, ‘Hey, I do love this; this is a passion of mine.’ And that’s very hard.”

A ‘Dream Come True’

“The experience, every single part of it was just so magical and something I’ll never forget,” Addison told Entertainment Tonight in August 2021. “It really is hard to put into words, and I feel like more people can relate to that. In your first debut, it’s like you don’t really know how to feel, you don’t know what to say. It’s just so exciting, and I’m just really hoping everyone enjoys it as much as I enjoy doing it.”

Nabbing the Role

“When I got the role, I was crying in the car hysterically and really just excited to show the world more of what I love to do and continue chasing the dreams that I’ve had since I was a little girl,” Addison recalled while speaking with Variety in August 2021. “It’s definitely gonna be hard to prove to people how passionate and how much love I have for acting. There’s a lot of weight that comes on with that, but it’s something that I’m willing to take on and show people that this is truly who I am and what I love to do.”

Preparing for the Role

“I was in acting classes probably three times a week, and doing personal coaching over Zoom as well as script analysis,” she shared during a July 2021 interview with Elle. “The biggest part was being able to connect emotions and figure out exactly how I wanted to read a line or be in a scene. … I would sit in my trailer for a few hours before I’d go and do the scene and read my lines and then make sure I was mentally in that space.”