"We kinda look at this as the second or third chapter of our lives. After college, most people figure out what they want to do with their lives. But we already know what we want to do in the future and that is to continue to further our business goals"
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There is a quiet flex buried in Mary-Kate Olsen's casual "kinda": the deliberate downshifting of celebrity into a resume line. Framed as life planning, the quote is really a rebranding maneuver, taking the messy, public adolescence of child stardom and recasting it as an unusually early internship. By calling this moment the "second or third chapter", Olsen rejects the usual arc where former teen icons either cling to fame or perform a redemption narrative. Instead, she opts for something cooler: continuity.
The comparison to "after college" does two things at once. It normalizes their experience - we're just like everyone else, hitting adulthood and making choices - while also establishing an edge: we already did the figuring out. The subtext is competitiveness. In a culture that treats young women in entertainment as disposable, claiming foresight is a way to claim authority. She's not waiting to be picked for the next role; she's building a structure where roles are optional.
Even the slightly clunky phrasing - "continue to further our business goals" - is revealing. It's not poetry; it's boardroom language, the sound of someone insisting on being taken seriously in a space that often trivializes actresses as brands without brains. Context matters: the Olsen twins were early case studies in franchised childhood fame. This quote is an attempt to seize authorship of the story, turning survival into strategy and entrepreneurship into the grown-up version of control.
The comparison to "after college" does two things at once. It normalizes their experience - we're just like everyone else, hitting adulthood and making choices - while also establishing an edge: we already did the figuring out. The subtext is competitiveness. In a culture that treats young women in entertainment as disposable, claiming foresight is a way to claim authority. She's not waiting to be picked for the next role; she's building a structure where roles are optional.
Even the slightly clunky phrasing - "continue to further our business goals" - is revealing. It's not poetry; it's boardroom language, the sound of someone insisting on being taken seriously in a space that often trivializes actresses as brands without brains. Context matters: the Olsen twins were early case studies in franchised childhood fame. This quote is an attempt to seize authorship of the story, turning survival into strategy and entrepreneurship into the grown-up version of control.
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