This year, the beloved emotions of Inside Out returned to theaters for Inside Out 2, and I think I speak for us all when I say I cried just as much the second time around.
And at a recent mental health charity event, Amy spoke about the impact of her role on audiences — and also herself.
“My experience in Inside Out and Inside Out 2 has truly, fundamentally changed my life,” said Amy. “Playing a character like Joy, having big conversations about what our emotions do to us and how they live in us and how we’re supposed to experience them.”
She added, “That and watching how different the past decade has been in terms of not only the resources we need, the conversations we need to have, but who we need to have them with.”
“Tonight is filled with young people,” Amy said, referencing the event. “And I think we have a lot to learn from them.”
Earlier this year, in an interview with the Guardian, she spoke about the importance of taking young people seriously in a world that is “on their shoulders.”
“Young people are dismissed, often very marginalized and feel really out of control of their lives,” she said in June. “It feels like the world is on their shoulders, but we also treat them like they’re silly and foolish, and the stuff that they like is silly and foolish. So: are we asking them to fix everything or are we making fun of them for not being equipped to do so, for not having fought a war? What are we doing to them?”
I love that Amy’s always speaking up about the positive impact of her work. LMK what your thoughts are down below.
