"Eighth Grade" breakout Elsie Fisher scored her first-ever Golden Globes nomination Thursday for actress in a comedy or musical.
Q: You shared your first reaction on Twitter?
A: Um, yeah, this is incredible and insane. I felt like I owed it to Twitter to give them my first reaction. My Twitter squad has been there when I make my crappy jokes.
Q: Is that where you found out about your nomination?
A: No, I woke up at 5:38 right before it got announced. I didn't have an alarm set or anything. I went onto the live stream and I started watching it and my dad shouted from the other room as soon as it got announced. He just shouted, 'Yeah!' in a really loud voice that almost woke me more than anything had at that point. He was very excited.
Q: You're in 10th grade now. Do you have school today?
A: I'm doing kind of a homeschool thing. There's a campus for the program I'm attending, but it's pretty nice. I do appreciate a lot of aspects of public school, but I would have already missed a bunch of school _ like a month or so. I am, in fact, actually going to school today. I have to take tests and do some work. A math test and P.E.
Q: Ugh, P.E. is brutal.
A: It's actually really interesting, because I'm doing online school P.E., so I have to take a written standardized test.
Q: You don't have to run around a track or anything?
A: I still have to do workouts every week, but I get to do what I want.
Q: You've really been slaying the fashion game lately. Are suits your new trademark?
A: I think I might wear a suit to the Golden Globes. I think dresses are great, and I wouldn't say I'm making a statement by wearing a suit, but there's so much variety in fashion, especially for women. And a lot of women in entertainment are _ not forced _ but often given dresses to wear.
Q: The Globes can be pretty boozy, and you're 15. What do you think the show will be like?
A: I feel like such a fraud, but I've never really watched the award shows. I feel like being a 15-year-old at the Globes won't be too much of a problem. I've been at events where people are drinking alcohol, and no one's peer pressured me, like, "Come on, get some of this wine!"
Q: Is there anyone you're looking forward to stalking there?
A: Emily Blunt is amazing. I love her. I think she's incredible. I haven't seen "Mary Poppins," but this year I did see "A Quiet Place" and she was really, really great in that. I also want to stalk any of the "Bohemian Rhapsody" cast. I love that movie with a dying passion. I'm a huge Queen fan, and seeing the movie was so good and overwhelming.
Q: What's your favorite Queen song?
A: I've really been feeling "Killer Queen" lately. I just got my first record player, and I got "A Night at the Opera" as my first record. I even have a subwoofer.
Q: Your dad used to get you a video game every time you got a new role. Do you think you'll get one for getting a Golden Globe nomination?
A: Maybe! Maybe I just skip school today and go to Game Stop.
Q: Could he be convinced?
A: I have a debit card now. I don't need to do any convincing.
