Summer Stylin' with Mena Suvari

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Hey everyone, I am here in the gorgeous Malibu, California with Menasuvari here at the Leah Sophia Clam Bake.

Now, this is one of my favorite, favorite events of the summer.

I love Leah Sophia, so it's just coming out here and being able to play with her jewelry.

The chain links, the art deco designs, things like that.

It's just fun.

One thing that I can say about you is you've always been a woman of style.

You've always had the eye on fashion.

What is your summer must-have right now?

I'm usually like a jeans and like white beater amazing bag, shoes kind of girl.

Yeah.

A little bit of a tough edge.

Um, lots of gold jewelry.

I mean, I tried to, you know, put my little sexy dress today, but I got this beautiful yellow bikini yesterday.

Anything yellow I'm really responding to.

Yellow, turquoise, corals, you know, oranges.

So just color, color, color.

What's your favorite piece that you got today?

Oh God.

I love this ring.

Amazing.

Yeah.

Now, is it too big or is it like the right size?

It's never too big.

How about statements, I feel like.

Big chunky jewelry.

I'm very Greek that way.

I'm like my grandmother.

Are you?

Yeah.

What was it like when you grew up?

Were you always in front of the camera, were you like a shy person?

What were you really like in the very beginning?

Generally I was very outgoing.

I've never been shy or timid in front of the camera, but um I was a bit of a little performer.

When did you first know when you were younger that you wanted to be on camera and that you wanted to be an actress?

Well, I started modeling when I was about 11, 12 when I was living in South Carolina, and as a young girl it just sounded like something fun to do.

You've traveled all around the world, I mean with films and with all the acting that you've done.

Are there any places that really stand out with you with fashion?

I'm always in Italy.

I love it over there.

I mean, my God, I feel like I want to live there one day.

I feel like that's living in art.

You've definitely have a great career.

A lot of people, you know, recognize you, know who you are from all the roles that you've done.

Is there any one moment like throughout your career that is your most memorable?

I have a film that I worked on called The Garden of Eden.

It's based on a Hemingway novel, which we shot a year ago in Spain and it premiered in Rome last year and that movie I honestly poured my heart and soul into.

Yeah.

It would be nice if it if audiences could see it soon.

So, I've always been, you know, very passionate about the creative aspect of what I do.

And it's learning how to work hand in hand with the business side.

And I feel like, you know, especially what's going on now in the times challenging people to think in new ways.

Yeah, you say you're creative, so if you're if you weren't an actress, what do you think you'd be doing?

But creative and I'm also very scientific, so I probably yeah, I'd probably be in the medical field.

My my my come from medicine and parents and yeah.

So that could be the next the next goal.

I'm always interested in those gruesome things that people don't want to talk about.

Hi, I'm Mena Suvari.

You're here in Malibu at the Leah Sophia Clam Bake and you are watching Young Hollywood.