Ashley Greene’s Friends Say Fame ‘Changed’ Her

Ashley Greene remains unimportant but covers the new issue of Marie Claire November 2012 anyway because everyone still wants to ask Kristen Stewart about the loose change down the back of the casting couch and whether Vanish gets protein stains out of suede. The piece is interesting, though, mostly because it’s full of as much AS IF as the rest of her interviews. For example, Greene insists fame hasn’t changed her, because her parents said so. However, she also admits that her own friends say she turned into a b**ch once she became famous. She explains: ‘After the movie [Twilight] came out, some people said, ‘You changed.’ And I said, ‘I haven’t changed, dude. Your opinion of me has changed because I’m working on this film.’ Trust me, my parents would let me know.’

On whether fame has changed her: ‘It was a hard adjustment going from zero to 100 in a day. But it was also hard to talk to [friends], because you don’t want to be a jerk. After the movie [Twilight] came out, some people said, ‘You changed.’ And I said, ‘I haven’t changed, dude. Your opinion of me has changed because I’m working on this film.’ Trust me, my parents would let me know.’
On balancing career and personal life: ‘I’m always here and there, everyone in my industry is, and that’s why a lot of relationships are fleeting. I’ve gotten very good at detaching whenever I have to go away for three months, which I realize is hard on friends and kind of selfish. You go on a couple of dates, and then someone ships off to do a movie. It’s not like you’re going to fly out and see them, because it’s not serious enough for that.’
On traveling first-class for Twilight and being a working actress: ‘Twilight has ruined me. When this is all over, flying internationally is going to be very hard for me. It is just not worth it to buy a first-class ticket, because of the cost. I’m lucky because my dad taught me to be frugal and save. And that’s important because I want to know that I don’t have to take an acting job for two or three years if I don’t want to and that I’ll still be able to make my house and car payments and buy food for my dogs.’