I felt right at home.
That, I will learn, is the magic of Sydney (Syd to her friends).
Ive never met someone who has an aptitude for so much.
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I think people feel that onscreen.
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I dont want anyone to walk in and be like, Oh, when did you redo this?
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I want it to feel timeless, like it is.
Sweeney has made no secret of the fact that she keeps her inner circle tight.
I have my family, and my cousins are my best friends, she tells me.
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I have my team and a handful of best friends.
Yes and no, she replies.
Were all on our own and very distinct journeys, and everyones experience with different scenarios is unique.
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Ironically, Sweeney didnt watcha lot of movies or TV growing up near the Washington-Idaho border.
Yet shes known she wanted to be an actor since…well, Sweeney doesnt remember when it started.
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The drive was just always there.
She began making the pitch to her parents to pursue acting full-time.
Where other kids would resort to begging, she made a five-year business plan in a PowerPoint presentation.
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Round trip, it took them more than 38 hours.
I dont think peoples perception of the world can change with hate.
Hate doesnt solve anything.
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Not everyone was as supportive as her parents.
Or, When are you going to come home and stop dragging your family to a hell-ridden city?
By 2016 they had divorced and filed for bankruptcy.
They did get a divorce.
Whether or not that was because of coming here, it definitely was a catalyst for it.
So I knew I had to succeed in some capacity so that it wasnt for nothing.
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But in Los Angeles she still found herself in a place where she didnt quite fit in.
My first car was my grandparents old Volvo, she remembers.
I had to jump-start it to get it to go.
The bottom casing fell off while I was driving.
Her classmates, meanwhile, were driving brand-new Mercedes, BMWs, and Range Rovers.
It became this very disconnected reality….
I valued different things than they did.
Sweeney doesnt share these stories with any sense of anger or injustice.
Theyre just her lived experiences.
Im never one to hold a grudge, she says.
I dont think peoples perception of the world can change with hate.
Hate doesnt solve anything.
For 20 years I was this person, she says.
Its just been in the last five years that my life has changed and grown.
Most of my life, I was a completely normal person.
You guys didnt see it because I wasnt famous.
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The movie was the first that she executive-produced under her production company, Fifty-Fifty Films.
It doesnt feel like that because theres so much more I want to accomplish and achieve.
I feel like Ive barely scratched the surface of what Id like to do in my life.
Ive accomplished and bought everything myself, and I provide for myself and my family.
She knew how she was going to get there, and shes been doing it.
I definitely think through everything that I do and every move I make, she says.
This industry is like playing chess.
Occasionally the game has frustrated her.
But the story was published to little fanfare.
The truth was put out there against my will, but then nobody cares, she says.
She still isnt sure how to respond to tabloid firestorms.
(See all thatfalse!speculation abouther and Glen Powell during theAnyone But Youpress tour.)
Or do I just stay quiet and be like, Whatever, and let it go?
Im a very successful, independent woman whos worked really hard, she says.
Ive accomplished and bought everything myself, and I provide for myself and my family.
I would love to set the record straight, she says.
Were in it together.
And we want to see each other succeed.
She is clear that she makes her own choices, especially financially.
Its in those moments that she finally lets it sink in just how far shes come.
Still, she hasnt forgotten the precarity and the insecurity that came before.
I ask if theres a number in the bank account that would make her feel truly at ease.
I come from a family where I saw my parents lose everything, and I am terrified of that.
That fear will always be instilled in me.
Im a huge saver.
I dont just go and spend money.
I like to invest.
I like real estate.
I like making, hopefully, smart choices with the money Im making.
But I dont think Ill ever actually feel comfortable.
Fame doesnt last forever, she adds.
You make one wrong move, [and] its gone.
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But lately photographers have started going to extreme measures because of it.
They recently showed up at Sweeneys new home in Florida and started yelling at her family who were outside.
On social media, people speculated that she had called the paparazzi herself, something she vehemently denies.
Why would I ever want that?
I have pictures of these guys in kayaks hiding in bushes in the ocean.
They got there at 8 a.m. and wouldnt leave until 4 p.m.
I should be able to be in my home and feel comfortable and safe.
Its not that the photographers themselves bother her so much.
There was a moment of confusionwas it my Uber?
When those photos go out, then my actual safety is at risk, Sweeney says.
Everyone knows where I am.
Now theres boats that go by, and I literally hear them say, This is Sydney Sweeneys house.
It becomes a star tour in my front yard.
She has no vices that I can determine.
She hasnt even tried coffee.
Her love language is quality time with that tight inner circle.
After a big event likethe Met Gala, she skips the after-parties and goes home.
She likes browsing Pinterest, where her feed is usually filled with interior design or dogs.
I dont think she has changed at all, says Millar when I ask about Sweeney then versus now.
As a friend, shes so thoughtful, Powell agrees.
Shes just the opposite.
The people that are in her world, in her court, shes known for taking care of them.
Present, but always with an eye on the future.
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