10 Reasons Brigette Lundy-Paine Is the Inspirational Icon You Need Right Now

As a young person in Hollywood, Brigette knows what sort of roles people expect them to play and how people expect them to dress and act — but they don't care about Hollywood's rules. "What I find so special about acting — especially being female in this world, and growing up with such intense standards of how you should be — is that you can break those rigid models," they told Dazed. "I love playing an old witch or a young boy. When I was younger, I would always volunteer to play the male lead. I realized, at a young age, there's something special about breaking expectations."