“That wasnotacting!”
she says, reflecting on her career as an up-and-coming actress at that point.
“That was just, I mean,solong ago.
Lady Gaga on ‘Boiling Points’ in 2005; Lady Gaga in 2025.MTV; Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Gaga did not end up $100 richer.
When she brings the salad back, all hell breaks loose.
Gaga asks the waitress, “Who puts that in their mouth?
Would you put that in your mouth?
It has s— all over it!”
“They were just exciting opportunities,” she says.
“I look back on that and I just [think] how it was so sweet.
“So, careful what you wish for!”
she adds with a laugh.
2” on season 3, episode 9 of HBO’sThe Sopranos.
“I didn’t know how to listen in a scene!
I was supposed to laugh, and it was sort of like, cue, laugh …
I see it and I go, ‘Oh, that’s not a real laugh!'”
I really thank my acting teacher, Susan Batson.
The groundwork she laid withThe SopranosandBoiling Pointspaid off.
“I’ve heard this!”
Gaga says when asked about the phrase.
But this is who I am.”
Mayhemis out March 7.
Watch EW’s interview with Gaga above.
