"Especially when you play a character for so many years, the character ends up reflecting a lot of who you are and I think I've changed a lot since then, but that represented a lot of who I was as a teenager"

In this quote, Sara Gilbert reviews her experience playing a character for several years and how it has actually affected her. She acknowledges that when an actor plays a character for a prolonged time period, the character starts to show elements of their own character. However, Gilbert also acknowledges that she has actually changed a lot given that playing this character, suggesting personal development and development. Regardless of this, she acknowledges that the character she played as a teenager represented a substantial part of who she was at that time. This quote highlights the deep connection between an actor and their character, and how it can form and influence their own identity.