Danielle talks Girl Meets World, directing, writing, future plans, and more in new interview!

Mar / July 22nd, 2017

Danielle recently did a new interview and it is a great read! She talks about Boy/Girl Meets World, being a positive influence, future plans, and more. I’ve copied some of the part where she talks about Girl Meets World but definitely make sure you read the whole thing by going here:

https://jenniferusa.com/blogs/news/danielle-fishel-for-jennifer

Source: jenniferusa.com

So you did Girl Meets World also—did you ever expect to come back and revisit that character?

Not even in a million years could I have ever guessed that I would revisit that character or done a show that called it back somehow. Never. It was a total shock and surprise. I mean, I’d actually gone to school for psychology. I’d just been accepted to Chapman University. I was going to get my Masters in family therapy. So it was kind of like, “Whoa, where did this come from?” I had kind of left acting and entertainment behind. And the great thing—one of the greatest gifts Girl Meets Worldgave me—I was able to direct and it kind of showed that this is like the next path I want to take: writing, directing, producing. It’s nice to now be behind the camera.

Yeah, that’s so cool. And you did leave Hollywood behind—was that an intentional choice?

It was.

And why was that?

I mean there’s several reasons… It’s getting better now, but there aren’t that many great parts for women. And I got tired of feeling like I had to take parts that I didn’t want because I needed money. And I was like, “I don’t want to be in this situation anymore.” I’m also type A and a control freak and the fact that, as an actor, you have zero control over when you work or what the projects are that you work on—I just didn’t like that. I [didn’t] want to do that anymore. And I knew that I could find something that I didn’t think of as being plan B, it was something I looked at as being ‘I love this just as much.’ So it’s like a secondary plan A. That’s what psychology was for me. Psychology and marriage and family therapy and doing that kind of stuff was like, secondary plan A. And then, I don’t know, I’m very spiritual and kind of feel like God was like, “Yeah, that’s a good path for you,” but then He brought Girl Meets World into my life and that then showed me like, “Hey, there’s also all this stuff behind the scenes that you can do!” And now, with that, I really feel that I’ve totally found my passion and my purpose.