Jenna Ortega talked about the daily struggle to be heard as a young actress in a round table of comedic actors held on behalf of “The Hollywood Reporter”.

The actress, who plays Wednesday Addams in TV’s ‘Wednesday’, said she had to ‘put her feet down’ before she could change some lines in shows she’s played.

“Any of the best groups or environments I’ve been in … people have been very collaborative and willing to hear different points of view, because it’s very easy for people to get caught up in their own.

I think a project is better when there are as many voices and ideas as possible,” Ortega said. “And I’ve had experiences on TV where I felt like my voice wasn’t being heard, that I had to be a puppet. I’ve been told on set, “You don’t know because you’re not a writer” or “Shut up and do your job.” I’ve been hearing such things since I was 12 years old.”

“But I was lucky to work with someone like Tim Burton, who pulled me into his dressing room one day and said he wanted to be the sound of my voice,” she continued. “So every day, me, him, the writers, we got together in the morning and exchanged ideas.”

Ortega explained that she’s now “really, really lucky” to be joining the new season of “Wednesday” as a producer, which means she’ll have more of a say in the show’s decisions.