Amid renewed discussion over intimacy coordinators on movie and TV sets following controversial comments made by actor Sean Bean, The Dropout star Amanda Seyfried is reflecting on the pressure she felt as a teenage actress to film intimate scenes.

“Being 19, walking around without my underwear on—like, are you kidding me? How did I let that happen?” The now 36-year-old Seyfried told Porter in a recent interview, recalling how she feared losing her job if she didn’t comply.

“Oh, I know why: I was 19, and I didn’t want to upset anybody, and I wanted to keep my job. That’s why.”

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Though she didn’t specify what role she was referring to, Seyfried has previously shared her discomfort with the way she was perceived as a young actress. The Mean Girls star, whose character has a scene in the film where she predicts the weather by groping her own breasts, recently revealed that male fans still approach her and ask her if it’s raining.

“I always feel really grossed out by that,” she told Marie Claire earlier this year. “I was like 18 years old. It was just gross.”

“Uncrushable” Seyfried Talks Maturing, Facing Rejection as an Actress

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Seyfried, who began modeling at the age of 11 and has been acting since 15, also shared how her time maturing in the industry has changed her outlook on nearly everything.

“When I meet somebody who’s younger, like in their twenties, and they get rejected…by a job or something like that, it crushes them completely for a minute,” she said. “Nothing can crush me completely, when it comes to work. I’m uncrushable! Not one thing can crush my life, unless it has to do with my family.”

But Seyfried, who recently opened up about losing out on a role in the upcoming adaptation of the musical Wicked, admitted that there’s a bit of nuance to that.

“[That’s] not to say that I don’t get hurt in my job. I lost out on a big role that I really wanted—[well] I thought I wanted. It was devastating, and it wasn’t for any other reason than I really felt like it was right,” Seyfried shared. The role in question, Glinda the Good Witch, eventually went to pop star Ariana Grande.

“But that doesn’t take away from my confidence at all,” she continued. “Obviously being a parent changes your perspective on things, but it’s not just that. It’s finally coming to the point of, it’s OK to be proud of your work. It’s OK to be proud, it’s OK to have confidence—it’s actually really important.”

Read the actress’s full interview with Porter here.