Crossroads, a classic Millennial coming-of-age film, might have been the beginning of an illustrious . So why wasn't it? In her , Spears writes that she realized the life of a thespian wasn't for her when she got a little too into character. “That was pretty much the beginning and , and I was relieved.”In an excerpt from the book published in , Spears explained, “My problem wasn’t with anyone involved in the production but with what acting did to my mind.” Spears thinks she started Method acting on accident, and didn't like the experience.