“When I was younger, my grandparents would let me watch their old movies, and I related to

“When I was younger, my grandparents would let me watch their old movies, and I related to the subtle nuances of the female characters. Not much needed to be said; a lot was inferred between the lines. When things got bigger for me and my career, I always assumed that just by me speaking and being myself, people would know who I was inherently. I learned that was not true. You had to really spell things out, and that was very hard for me.”

LANA DEL REY
Jamie Hawkesworth ph. for W magazine | 2022