As a veteran teen drama star, what advice do you have for the stars of Gossip Girl?
There's a lot of pressures on you when you're shooting a show and shooting it for a long time. It's a lot of work, so my advice is pretty simple: focus on that work, get as much satisfaction out of it as you can, and try to keep it new, fresh, and interesting for yourself by working on it as an actor. In terms of the parts they choose to take outside the show, my advice is to go and stretch yourself as an actor, but I think it really depends on your philosophy. Some people want to swing for the fences and get a big movie and star in it and ride that horse, and I think they should. People can have different opinions and be right. But for me, it was about switching it up a little bit.

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