According to the California native, Ortega didn’t want to be seen as complicated while working with adults and other professional actors. During her chat with Esquire, Ortega revealed that she was only seven when she realized she wanted to be an actor. “When I was a teenager, I’d gotten off a children’s show, and I didn’t know what I was going to do,” she said, per The Blast. “I had to prove myself and meet all these new casting directors who didn’t know who I was.” “Catherine is one of the most beautiful people I’ve ever had the honor of getting to work with and know,” Ortega wrote, according to The Blast.