I have a question for you in that what is going through
Chloe Grace Moretz' head when she's picking a role? 'Cause I know from your other interviews, you are
so thoughtful about the projects that you're taking on.
It's been interesting to grow up being able
to choose my roles as they kind of pertain to my life
and use it as a form of therapy
in a lot of ways, to kind of walk through emotions
or moments that I'm going through in real life, and use it as an outlet.
And so in a way, I keep myself guessing
and kind of kick myself on my own butt to pick myself up again
and find a new path.
And force my brain to find new areas of emotions—
in laughter, in crying, in, you know,
love and romance, and everything that that creates a fully fledged, you know, full-circle character, I guess.
What motivates you to be this conscious of what you're doing?
I grew up with a single mother, which is a pretty wonderful thing,
I think, for myself to be able to have that strength already,
just watching her raise me and my brothers really eloquently.
And also growing up with two gay brothers in my family was a really big deal.
To see the adversity that was thrown at them from doing nothing, to then take that into my career,
and stand up for the human rights that I believe in,
and try and be an activist in every way.
And include that in also my acting,
and try and make my movies progressive and modern
and mean something with each role that I choose.
Was there a pivotal moment in your career
when you saw the platform you had and the influence
of art and entertainment?
I don't know if there was one precise moment. I know that when I grew up,
and I started to fall more in love with our government and our democracy
and I learned a lot about what our position
was as an American, in voting
and the importance of politics in our lives,
and how it's not just something that you can, you know, be interested.
It affects all of us,
it affects all of our decisions,
and the decisions that we have the ability to even make.
I actually became the youngest person to speak at the DNC.
And I got to be one of the youth political advisors for Hillary Clinton on her campaign.
I think that was a big thing for me, was being able to couple my politics in, and being able to have
an actual voice, as a human, and not just as an actor.
I'm just thinking of that right now, because my mom gets
mad at me, and I'm, like, ‘Oh, I can’t I'm busy.'
I'm, like, laying about watching Netflix.
But you're actually busy, like, changing the world.
They're fairly understanding my family that I get really busy,
but I'm also lucky, because I get to travel with my family.
And I kind of force them on trips with me so I'm not alone.
That's a thing for me, where I'm always like as long as they are
with me, I don't have to apologize as much.
But I have to try and, like, you know, remember to text my mom and check in
and see how she's doing.
and I mean mainly I just checking because I want pictures of my puppy who is in L.A.,
and I miss her very much.
And I’m like, just send me some updates.
Is there anything you find yourself saying
again and again to young people
who think their voices don't matter? 'Cause that's something we hear all the time.
When I first started speaking up at a young age, it was very polarizing.
And it wasn't very cool.
I think it's much more accepted now to kind of be outspoken.
People were like, Oh, do you want to be that girl. Like, that was
always the thing that I got back. It was like, Oh, do you want to be that girl?
You'd be the outspoken girl.
And I was like, Well yeah, I don't want to be quiet.
It's been a pivotal few years for Hollywood,
especially women in Hollywood,
but what still has to change in your own mind?
I think it is almost even more important that they actually give the movies—
the perspective, the lens, the directors
the writers, the producers—they need
to be of a different perspective.
You have to change the actual outlook,
because that's the only way we're going t get new content.
Just by casting a female,
It's not going to change the actual outcome of the story.
Because at the end of the day, you know, we can show up and do our best. But it's not our
vision that hits the screen. The way
that we're viewed, the camera that we're shot
through, is that camera manned
by a woman or a man? On ‘Cameron Post,' that was a big deal for us.
We had pretty much a—I want to say even, like a 95 percent female crew.
And that's how you subvert genre.
You know, that's how you subvert this massive medium, which is film,
which we have seen for years now.
The way you change it is not by just casting, you know, female characters.
It's by changing perspective of directors,
writers, producers, set design,
prop masters, cinematographers.
That's what you do.