Recently, I realized that Sydney Sweeney is a Virgo and our birthdays are only one day apart. This explains so much – why I feel drawn to Sydney’s vibe and how Sydney has figured out a way to engineer her career. I wonder if she understands that she’s now part of the grand tradition of Virgo entertainers – hyper-organized perfectionists who are comfortable with the spotlight even if they don’t revel in it. Sydney recently chatted with the Wall Street Journal about sleep, breakfast and how she never drinks coffee.
In a new interview with the Wall Street Journal, Sydney Sweeney — who stars in the new horror film Immaculate — revealed that she never has coffee and can allegedly function with just two hours of sleep.
“I sleep however many hours I get in a night, but I’m known for being able to function off of very, very little for a very long amount of time,” she told WSJ after being asked about a rumor that she can run on two hours of sleep.
When asked about her breakfast routine, she added, “I’ve never tried coffee before. I just drink water. For breakfast, I like a berry bowl. Maybe some granola, bacon, a croissant, but I always go to berries.”
In the interview, the actress said she liked “full-body high-intensity” workouts like SolidCore, though “it’s been killing my ass,” and that she usually wakes up at 7:30 a.m. every morning.
The actress also confirmed that Euphoria — which HBO confirmed is delayed on Monday — will be filming this year.When asked about her vintage car restoration hobby, Sweeney said, “I have a car I’m about to start. I don’t want to spoil what it is yet because I’m going to post it on my TikTok, but I’ve had it for a while. I’ve been saving it, and it’s going to be my project this year while I film Euphoria.”
I’m not a coffee drinker either, although I have been drinking frappuccinos in recent years and they have a nice coffee kick. I get my caffeine fix from diet soda though. I bet Sydney does not. I bet she’s drinking water or juices throughout the day. As for sleep… the thing is, she’s really young. She’s only 26. In your teens and 20s, you can rock and roll on very little sleep. It catches up to you at some point though. I used to be able to live and work quite normally on three or four hours of sleep. Now if I don’t get a solid six or seven hours, I’m a grumpy mess.
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- Celebrities arriving at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Featuring: Sydney Sweeney Where: Los Angeles, United States When: 10 Mar 2024 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- Sydney Sweeney on The View to talk about new movie Immaculate Featuring: Sydney Sweeney Where: New York, United States When: 20 Mar 2024 Credit: Roger Wong/INSTARimages
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- Sydney Sweeney at “The View” TV Taping Featuring: Sydney Sweeney Where: New York, New York, United States When: 20 Mar 2024 Credit: Janet Mayer/INSTARimages.com
I used to be almost exactly like this. It turned out it was a combination of youth, neurological stuff, and a sleep disorder. I still don’t sleep particularly well, but not getting sufficient sleep caught up with me once I got into my mid-30s in some big ways. As famous as I was for my insane work output and legendary ability to get by, as needed, with minimal sleep, life was so much better once 5-7 hours, however inconsistent, became my norm.
Is this the new “I don’t shower regularly” for celebs? Now it’s “I don’t sleep much”?
😉. And again, I’m not fashionable. I’ve always required lots of sleep, 8-10 hours a night. During the work week I can get by on less, but it doesn’t feel good. When doing fieldwork, my work day always started somewhere between 6-730AM, so I had to get up at least by 5A. Now that I WFH, it’s a lot easier to get my standard 8-10.
As for coffee & never trying it, same here for the longest time. My mom didn’t drink coffee, so it wasn’t something I grew up with. Not til some time in my mid-30s when a friend met me at an airport & offered a latte did I even try it. Lattes, cappuccinos, cafe con leche, this I like. Plain coffee, at my house? No thanks.
I was the same at her age. I could pull all nighters, finish a paper 30 minutes before my morning class, and function fine all day. But I did drink coffee and lots of it. Youth is an amazing thing.
The good ol’ days
I’m trying to come up with something as ubiquitous as coffee that I’ve never tried once.
I really like sleep. I’m more team Dakota Johnson than Sydney Sweeney on this one.
Seriously. I’ve even tried cigarettes (back when they were ubiquitous) and I’m as anti smoking as it comes.
Guess I’m a real weirdo–never tried a cigarette, never a joint. Different strokes, etc. etc.
That was the closest thing I could think of because in the 80s-90s cigs were easily as ubiquitous as coffee. Not so any more, but it’s really hard for me to imagine resisting the unbelievably enticing aroma of coffee. But that’s just one coffee addict’s opinion. 😉
Me, either. Never smoked, not even a puff. Never tried any drug. I used to drink socially (one drink) and will still have toasts at parties or nurse something, rarely, at a business event, but that’s it.
The handful of instances I’ve had coffee were to be polite in homes or countries where it was expected.
I don’t think I respond to alcohol or coffee the way others do. They are pure neutral experiences for me, so the taste is reason enough for me to avoid them, as they offer no benefit to me.
Smoking was because my grandfather died from a smoking related illness when I was young, which coincided with the push to get Americans to stop smoking in the 80s/90s, so that one never happened either.
I don’t mind other people doing any of that (as long as its not to excess) and have dated my share of coffee drinkers, drinkers, and even a smoker, but definitely not for me.
Same. Never had a desire to breath in smoke.
As a college student in the mid seventies I never drank, did any drugs, not even weed, but yes I did drink lots of coffee. I drank it black, my friends called it Civil War coffee, and the beverage got me thru many nights of writing papers, testing and working 2 jobs to help pay for school. Now at the old age of 68, I need my sleep to clearly function and think properly, I still drink one or two cups of Civil War coffee in the morning, and I sleep about 8 to 9 hours at night. Our bodies recover while we sleep also.
I know this will hit a sour note but the picture you used of Ms. Sweeney made her look as if she hadn’t slept in several days.
Is she from a Mormon family? I can’t make her never trying coffee to anything that explains her lack of sleep, except being from a religion that abhors caffeine.
It takes a while for the body to exhibit the effects of sleep deprivation – high blood pressure, kidney problems, weakened immune system, heart disease, depression, memory issues. Berries won’t counteract that.
Yeah, whether she’s aware of it or not, she’s still a human being with the typical human needs for rest & recovery. Youth can make up for a lot, but it will catch up with her.
I’ve been reading about a recent study that people born after 1965 seem to be aging biologically faster than those born before and that this may be one reason we’re seeing greater incidences of cancer in younger people – they’re chronologically young, but not biologically. They think it could be environmental and life style factors.
@Eurydice: interesting! And how awful!
Yup it’s age. There was a time in my twenties where I could go home after partying until 5am and just go off to work a few hours later like nothing happened… and start again because it was Saturday the mext day lol. Long gone are those days. Up until mid 40’s my brain and body could still push it after a 6hr sleep but now, i just fall asleep so fast. 8hr or more is best
Y’all are exactly right about age. I went back to school for a second degree when I was age 24-26. I don’t take any caffeine, and I worked full time night shift and went to class/clinicals during the day. At the time, it was “fine,” it was just what I had to do to get what I wanted, but if you tried to get me to do that today (43) I would laugh until I passed out! Now if I’m up past 10pm I am completely useless the next day. Also, people who brag about being so high-functioning on low sleep *might* not be perceived by other people to be as high-functioning as they think they are…
Lol, so true about perceptions. I had a friend who’d brag about her ability to multi-task and to operate effectively on very little sleep. She had a long list of accomplishments on paper, but if you were actually there in person you’d see that everything she touched ranged from mediocre to horrible mess.
I get the coffee thing, I only ever had it once and it turned me into a monster. Never again. But the sleep thing? Meh, like everyone else has already said: it’s fine when you’re young. Once she’s older, it’ll likely change
Witchcraft 😳
I have my PhD and am a college professor. I am really curious about things and loving to learn about just about anything other than what I teach, because I am enmeshed in it and it’s boring at my current level. I’ve often said if I win the lottery I’d just go to school again and rack up degrees. I’ve contemplated becoming a physician, but am held back by the sleepless residencies. I’m mid-40’s and I need sleep. I sleep in segments; 3-4 hours at night, and then I catch a 2 hour nap mid-day. I don’t think I could ever be as sleep deprived as required by the formal coursework and fieldwork of physicians. It would upend me. Bummer too, because I think I’d be good at it!
In my teens and 20s I was a big time night owl but still had to be up early with my sons. I functioned fairly well overall. Then at some point after I turned about 31-32, my inner clock drastically changed and I am now asleep by 9:30-10pm at the latest (I prefer 8:30pm) and I have to be up 4:45-5:30am most days. I can barely function on less than 7-8hrs of sleep. I listen to my 20 something co-workers talk about their late nights all the time and wonder how I ever did it. I keep telling them to enjoy because something about your 30s turns you into a granny haha.
I was never into coffee and survived my college years and my career without it. But I need my sleep at night 🙂.
I could do that too in my twenties. I don’t drink coffee either (I drink tea!). I also have a sleep disorder, have since I was a kid, and now take an insane amount of meds and supplements to fall asleep for 5 hours. Except, now in my 40s, I feel it more when I don’t get enough sleep. I can still operate, I just don’t operate well.
She’ll hit that wall, as we all did, once the bloom of youth wears off.
Maybe it’s youth.
Maybe it’s genetics.
My mom raised 5 kids, worked full time, and went to school full time in her 40s to become a nurse.
She’s 71 and still doesn’t sleep much.
I’m 39, have zero kids, work long hours in healthcare, and feel good and rested with 4-5 hours hours of sleep a night. Even weekends and vacations I max out at 5.5 hours tops.
Perhaps some people just can get by with less?
She’s in her twenties. We all pulled those late nighters then. Catches up to you when you hit your thirties, though. Now I need at least six hours to be properly functional, preferably seven or eight.
I like this hair on her. It’s slightly old-fashioned, but it frames her face nicely. I hope she takes advantage of this career surge to expand her work resume. She seems like she has a good head on her shoulders.
We were all night monsters in our 20’s. Also, I can’t stand this one. I don’t know what it is about her, but even the sight of her annoys me.