She eventually became accustomed to shutting down unwanted advances. "If someone was being inappropriate or drunkenly hitting on me it was like, 'Ha ha!' You kind of do that. 'Ha ha!'" she recalled. "Inappropriate? I dealt with that. But touching me? It felt very invasive."
The harassment took a serious toll on the actress and her perception of Hollywood. "I think in retrospect, it really soured [her on making movies]," she confessed. "All the great actors always told me that when it stops being amazing, you gotta get out. I really took that to heart."