In 2020, oscar nominated actor elliot page announced via his instagram that he is a transgender man. Star of the x men series and Hit Filmsjuno and inception, as well as Netflix Super hit the umbrella academy, page has enjoyed the Career Heights Actors could only dream of all the time crushed under the weight of a secret identity battle. Now hes ready to share even more about his life. And hes invited us for a sit down chat to talk about his gender, his Mental Health, and his career in hollywood. Elliot page, welcome to the bbc. Thank you so much for speaking to us. Thanks for having me, for wanting to talk. How are you doing right now . Im doing pretty good, yeah so were here to talk about your book, pageboy. Yourfirst book, your memoir. What made you want to write the book now . Gosh well, one of the reasons was that it really. Felt possible for the first time. In the past, before stepping into my truth, being in this body, theres no way i could have sat down and been still with myse
so we re here to talk about your book, pageboy. yourfirst book, your memoir. what made you want to write the book now? gosh! well, one of the reasons was that it really. felt possible for the first time. in the past, before stepping into my truth, being in this body, there s no way i could have sat down and been still with myself long enough to focus and to do something like this. so just the act of being able to do that, being able to create, feeling this all come out, was so exhilarating. and in this time now, where there sjust, you know, horrific attacks towards the trans community, constant misinformation and lies about our lives, and having this platform that i do have, it felt like the right time, i suppose, to share my story, especially in knowing how much it s meant to me when people have shared theirs. there s a beautiful quote in it by someone i hadn t heard before. the quote is, this world has many ends and beginnings. a cycle ends. will something remain? maybe
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in 2020, oscar nominated actor elliot page announced via his instagram that he is a transgender man. star of the x men series and hit filmsjuno and inception, as well as netflix super hit the umbrella academy, page has enjoyed the career heights actors could only dream of all the time crushed under the weight of a secret identity battle. now he s ready to share even more about his life. and he s invited us for a sit down chat to talk about his gender, his mental health, and his career in hollywood. elliot page, welcome to the bbc. thank you so much for speaking to us. thanks for having me, for wanting to talk. how are you doing right now? i m doing pretty good, yeah! so we re here to talk about your book, pageboy. yourfirst book, your memoir. what made you want to write the book now? gosh! well, one of the reasons was that it really. felt possible for the first time. in the past, before stepping into my truth, being in this body, there s no way i could have sat down and bee