Mckenna Grace hopes to retain passion for acting into her 30s

Actress Mckenna Grace says she hopes to remain as enthusiastic about acting in her 30s as she is now, despite the physical demands and pressures of the profession.

Actress Mckenna Grace says she hopes to remain as enthusiastic about acting in her 30s as she is now, despite the physical demands and pressures of the profession.

The 20-year-old, who began acting as a child, discussed her career and hopes for the future in an interview with Cosmopolitan published on November 2.

“I hope to still be as excited waking up for work every day, even though it’s tiring and I get bruised and half the time people may hate me for things I can’t control,” Grace said.

“I’m thankful to still be feeling that way 15 years in, so I hope that 25 years in, I feel the exact same way,” she added.

Grace is set to play Maysilee Donner and her twin sister, Merrilee, in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. She has also spoken about the fickle nature of online popularity, saying social media can make audiences tire of seeing the same actors very quickly.

“It’s scary because unlike in the ’90s or early 2000s — where your favourite actors did the same thing in a bunch of movies — now with social media, people get really sick of seeing people really fast,” she told the magazine.