However, during college, the starlet discovered her love for the stage and screen.
While these encounters would be groundbreaking for many, this was everyday life for Rashida.
We weren’t spoiled."
So I didn’t have a hankering to go out and rebel," Jones explained.
She decided to hit the books and study hard for do so on her own.
However, Jones set herself apart by keeping a tight focus on academics.
“I was in every activity,” she explained toMarie Claire.
“I got really good grades; I was a mathlete.”
Simpson trial was disillusioning for me," she toldLos Angeles Magazine.
“It was the first time I realized that sometimes privilege can trump justice.”
Jones went on to tell the magazine, “I think every teenager is prone to rebellion.
While her parents had many connections, she didn’t really get their assistance.
But it’s not like they were ever like ‘Let me make this phone call for you.'”
“It’s been really successful actually,” Jones toldBob Rivers.
But don’t be distracted.
It’s not enough to talk among your friends about the problems you see in the world."
“I got the utility and everything,” Jones explained to theLos Angeles Times.
“And then the role on ‘The Office’ happened.”
“I knew because I was like the small point of a love triangle that I would eventually just … Because we loved it.”
The film made such an impact during its debut that Netflix decided to pick it up that same year.
The following year, Rashida Jones traveled to Lebanon with the International Rescue Committee to speak with Syrian refugees.
“It’s a generational imperative that we take care of each other.
And we are all still capable of empathy,” she wrote.
“We just have to work a little harder to grow.”
“I was in grief-shock,” the actor told Terry Gross on NPR’s “Fresh Air.”
“But I also feel protective of him because I know his heart and his intention.
The father and daughter, who have birthdays only a few weeks apart, have always been quite close.
In March 15, 2023, Rashida took to Instagram to celebrate her father’s 90th birthday.
She shared a video composed of 90 images captured throughout her dad’s life thus far.
I feel so blessed to have you as my father, my friend and my mentor.
How did I get so lucky?”
