Ellen Page stars in The Tracey Fragments, an experimental film by Bruce McDonald about a teenager whose life is falling apart, gets bullied around at school and is an outsider. Page can related and feels compassion for a fearless girl like Tracey:

“If you’re at all different you’re judged for it”

“I get judged for wearing friggin’ jeans and T-shirts. People judge me in a variety of ways just because of the way I dress or the way I carry myself. I don’t care.”

“From a young age, girls are so socialized to be this one thing. People can just be so friggin’ narrow-minded, especially in this industry, and it gets so frustrating. There’s this illusion that you should be yourself and the pressure to not be yourself is pretty intense.”

The Tracey Fragments is released and playing today Canada.