"How can anyone say that about a little kid?” - Kat Dennings reveals casting directors called her “fat” at 12

While speaking to People in an exclusive article published on January 16, Kat Dennings looked back at the early days of her acting career, recalling the criticism she received from casting directors.

The 2 Broke Girls star mentioned that casting directors would body shame her and say that she was not "pretty enough",

"The time that I was auditioning and starting to act, it was a very different environment than it is now. There was not a lot of inclusivity at all. It was very harsh. There was a lot of extremely negative feedback and people would not hold back."

The actress then went on to add,

"It was pretty crazy thinking about it. I'm like, 'How can anyone say that about a little kid? This is insane. For example, I was 12. I'd go into an audition and I'd do it, and my manager would call me and I'd be like, 'How'd it go?' And they'd be like, 'Well, they thought you weren't pretty enough and you're fat."

The 38-year-old actress, made a guest appearance as Jenny Brier on Sex and The City when she was 14 in 2000.

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"It was really gross" - says Kat Dennings about Hollywood in the 1990-2000s

While opening up about her experience auditioning for roles in Hollywood as a teen, Kat Dennings went on to compare the state of Hollywood in the 2000s to today. The actress mentioned that today's generation is "much softer, kinder" to actors compared to the "completely insane " environment in the 1990s - 2000s.

"There's body positivity, there's inclusivity, there's representation, and there was none of that before. It was really gross."

Kat Dennings entered Hollywood as a child actor at 9 by acting in commercials. At 14, she got her first big acting credit in an episode of Sex and the City. Dennings gained recognition after becoming a part of the main cast in 2 Broke Girls alongside Beth Behrs.

While speaking about landing a role in Sex and the City during an appearance on The View which was published on January 7, Kat Dennings mentioned that she hadn't heard about the show since she wasn't allowed to watch the show as a child.

Her new sitcom, Shifting Gears released on January 8. While speaking about getting the role, Dennings mentioned that she felt stuck in a "dark, sad moment in time" where she didn't know what she wanted to do. Dennings then received a call to do Shifting Gears and said that the show felt like it was a "meant-to-be-thing."