Mandy Moore Depressed
Breakup with Zach Braff partly to blame, actress tells Jane magazine
Jan 24, 2007
Mandy Moore is depressed. This despite the fact that the singer/actress has the world at her feet, including a starring role opposite Diane Keaton in the upcoming comedy Because I Said So.
In an interview to be published in the February issue of Jane magazine, the 22-year-old says the depression hit a few months ago. "I felt really low, really sad. Depressed for no reason.
"I'm a very positive person, and I've always been glass-half-full," she said. "So it was like someone flipped a switch in me. I wanted to figure out why."
Moore, who recently split from actor Zach Braff (Scrubs), said her private life has been stressful.
"The breakup added to what I was going through, but it's not the complete reason," she told the magazine. "It definitely doesn't help if you're already in that place ... ."
Moore, who is working on a new record at a studio in Woodstock, N.Y., and feeling better for doing it, says writing songs "away from friends in L.A. or New York" is good for the soul.
"Writing has been really therapeutic."
Moore is best known for her virginal roles in films like A Walk to Remember, Saved and American Dreamz.
