Watch : Jenna Ortega Reveals Why She Almost Quit Acting Before ‘You’Jenna Ortega is detailing the more difficult parts of child stardom. “As a child, I was so grateful and so excited to be there that my game face was on,” Ortega told Esquire in an interview published Aug. 11. “I wasn’t asking for a sip of water. I would go all day without eating, drinking, whatever, because I wanted so badly to not be in the way of anybody.” Now, in hindsight, the 23-year-old recognizes, “Maybe that was my mistake, was not actually looking after myself.”