Selena Gomez on Being Taken Seriously as an Adult Actor

Selena Gomez on Being Taken Seriously as an Adult Actor: 'I Felt Like a Joke'

The almost 30-year-old actress and singer started her career off on Barney

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but trying to be taken seriously as an actor wasn’t easy.

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Since her Disney days, Selena has gone on to portray some more mature characters in movies like Spring Breakers

In a new interview, she dished on what it was like struggling to be a serious adult actor.

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“I felt like it was very difficult for people to take me seriously,” she told

THR’s Awards Chatter podcast “I have slowly pushed through that, and I’m really glad, but it was very frustrating. I felt like a joke, you know?”

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