Billie Lourd Town & County Cover September 2017
Billie Lourd on Healing After Her Mother's Death: "Now I Get to Be Just Billie"
![On coping with the loss of her mother and grandmother: "If life's not funny, then it's just true — and that would be unacceptable. Even when she [Carrie] died, that was what got me through that whole thing. When Debbie died the next day, I could just picture her saying, 'Well, she's upstaging me once again, of course — she had to.'"
On her decision to become an actor: "My mom pointed me toward it. The first thing I did was Star Wars: The Force Awakens. [On set] my mother would pull me aside and be like, 'It's weird that you're so comfortable here. This is the most uncomfortable environment in the world. If you're comfortable here, you should do this.'"
On what she doesn't want to repeat from her parents: "From my mom, maybe living too out in the open. It's good to a certain extent. It's good to be authentic, to help other people, but if it's not helping other people, then don't do it. There were a couple incidents I wish she could have kept to herself. But, you know, that was the beauty of her."](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/mgnVNoXgkn6ebnDPkxo0H4fgMu4/fit-in/1024x1024/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2017/08/01/635/n/1922398/6abc8b10a0258c1c_Town_Country_-_Sept_2017_-_Billie_Lourd_-_Photo_Credit_Victor_Demarchelier_3_/i/coping-loss-her-mother-grandmother-life.jpg "On coping with the loss of her mother and grandmother: \"If life's not funny, then it's just true — and that would be unacceptable. Even when she [Carrie] died, that was what got me through that whole thing. When Debbie died the next day, I could just picture her saying, 'Well, she's upstaging me once again, of course — she had to.'\"
On her decision to become an actor: \"My mom pointed me toward it. The first thing I did was Star Wars: The Force Awakens. [On set] my mother would pull me aside and be like, 'It's weird that you're so comfortable here. This is the most uncomfortable environment in the world. If you're comfortable here, you should do this.'\"
On what she doesn't want to repeat from her parents: \"From my mom, maybe living too out in the open. It's good to a certain extent. It's good to be authentic, to help other people, but if it's not helping other people, then don't do it. There were a couple incidents I wish she could have kept to herself. But, you know, that was the beauty of her.\"")
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