Mary-Kate and Ashley’s sister lands her first cover gig (7 photos)

Elizabeth Olsen scores her first cover shoot for the October 2011 issue of Nylon Magazine.

During her interview, she talks about growing up with celebrity sister: “I have to attribute the way I have always looked at [work] to my father, because he was a really good influence on us. It was always very important to him that his daughters be financially independent. He wanted us to know that we could take care of ourselves, because he never liked the idea of us needing a man. And witnessing how my sisters can take care of themselves financially was a great model to have. I consider myself lucky to have such a normal family.”

On getting her start in acting on the theater stage: “I just always thought that theater was different from being an actor in Hollywood for some reason. It was like this safe place where people aren’t harassed. But I was apprehensive because I saw how brutal people can be when other people put themselves out there.”

Elizabeth Olsen scores her first cover shoot for the October 2011 issue of Nylon Magazine.

During her interview, she talks about growing up with celebrity sister: “I have to attribute the way I have always looked at [work] to my father, because he was a really good influence on us. It was always very important to him that his daughters be financially independent. He wanted us to know that we could take care of ourselves, because he never liked the idea of us needing a man. And witnessing how my sisters can take care of themselves financially was a great model to have. I consider myself lucky to have such a normal family.”

On getting her start in acting on the theater stage: “I just always thought that theater was different from being an actor in Hollywood for some reason. It was like this safe place where people aren’t harassed. But I was apprehensive because I saw how brutal people can be when other people put themselves out there.”

Elizabeth Olsen scores her first cover shoot for the October 2011 issue of Nylon Magazine.

During her interview, she talks about growing up with celebrity sister: “I have to attribute the way I have always looked at [work] to my father, because he was a really good influence on us. It was always very important to him that his daughters be financially independent. He wanted us to know that we could take care of ourselves, because he never liked the idea of us needing a man. And witnessing how my sisters can take care of themselves financially was a great model to have. I consider myself lucky to have such a normal family.”

On getting her start in acting on the theater stage: “I just always thought that theater was different from being an actor in Hollywood for some reason. It was like this safe place where people aren’t harassed. But I was apprehensive because I saw how brutal people can be when other people put themselves out there.”