Amanda Seyfried reflects on what a 'perfect movie' Mean Girls is

While on Josh Horowitz's Happy Sad Confused podcast, the host asked Amanda Seyfried how much of the love she has for Mean Girls is tied to the experience of making it versus how big it's become since. 

"I truly think the experience of making it has nothing to do with how well it did, for sure. I think the experience for me is very specific because I’d never been in a movie before. I’d never been on a set like that before and I was working with people who had. So, for me, everything was new. [The] craft service table was new, the catered lunches was new, the costumes were so specific and gorgeous and fun, everything about it was new."

The actress played Karen Smith and was only 17 years old at the time of filming. She recalled how the relationships and going out on the weekend were also new. 

"We all just got along so beautifully and it was so, like, unadulterated fun," she added. "Everybody was so nice and if nothing ever happened to that movie, it would never have had an effect, [or] an impact on my memory of shooting it. And then, it becomes a forever moment, a moment locked in time, a timeless film, timeless humor."