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Reasons Why Alicia Silverstone Is Anything but Clueless

Young and Loose-Tongued

According to Alicia, she didn’t always behave as well as she could have during her early interviews. “I would sort of just light the house on fire by accident and not be aware of the consequences until it was over and be like, ‘Oops maybe I shouldn’t have said that” she admitted.

Alicia Silverstone is talking to the press at the MTV Movie Awards circa 1994.

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It took a lot of exploration to find a voice of her own, and one that really suits her personality and what she believes in. She shared that the pressures of fame made it hard to formulate an authentic identity, and that distancing herself from the limelight definitely helped.