Brittany Snow Rejected Several Roles in Her 20s Because Her Health Had to Come First
Brittany Snow is opening up about how focusing on her mental health has transformed both her personal life and her career. The 39-year-old actress spoke candidly in a recent interview with Modern Luxury while promoting her upcoming projects, The Hunting Wives and The Beast in Me, sharing how her journey toward emotional well-being has reshaped the way she approaches her work.
Reflecting on her experiences, Snow said, “Prioritising my mental health has been essential. It’s truly the only reason I’m able to work.” The actress revealed that for years, self-doubt held her back professionally. “There were years when my internal dialogue prevented me from auditioning,” she recalled. “… I would inadvertently sabotage myself.
When I’m more present, I listen to my instinct, and I can genuinely enjoy the process. I trust myself and don’t need to be so hypercritical.” Snow began acting as a teenager, making her debut in the 1990s series SeaQuest 2032. She later built a steady career through roles in films such as The Pacifier, John Tucker Must Die, Hairspray, and Black Water Transit.
However, behind the scenes, she was navigating personal challenges that influenced her professional decisions. Speaking about turning down opportunities early in her career, Snow explained, “In my early 20s, I declined several roles that I believed would have been detrimental to my well-being.
I was warned that those choices might damage my career … but I knew I had no choice. My health had to come first.” She also acknowledged how anxiety affected her confidence at the time. “I’m sort of a nervous person by nature, and acting is not always conducive to that, in terms of walking into an audition.
I didn’t think I would ever work again because I felt like I had to restart my career. But that time off was hugely important to me in finding out who I was. It was a restart, in a way, that gave me a clear path forward.” In a previous interview with Self, Snow shared that her struggles began early in life.
She revealed that as a child, she collected women’s fitness magazines and later reached a point where she “couldn’t even be naked around myself” as a teenager. Over the years, she sought treatment for anorexia, exercise bulimia, depression, and self-harm. She credited an outpatient program she attended for a year with changing the course of her recovery.
“I think rewiring my brain where I could count on myself and I could trust myself, I could be in a space and feel like I wasn’t going to do something harmful to myself, was the best thing that ever could have happened to my recovery,” she said. Today, Snow’s renewed focus on mental health continues to guide her forward, helping her build a career rooted in self-trust and stability.
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