After more than a year of living openly as her true self, Tommy Dorfman is reconsidering her Hollywood trajectory.

Appearing on the Broad Ideas with Rachel Bilson podcast Monday, Dorfman looked back on her star-making turn as Ryan Shaver a cisgender gay teen on Netflix s 13 Reasons Why . Though shes grateful for the fame and critical acclaim the series brought her, she said she would have begun living as a transgender woman a lot sooner if she hadnt landed the role.

For me, I feel like I kind of got stuck in time for a minute, the 30-year-old said. So when it came to anything around dysphoria or gender or stuff that had already been really present, I was like: Nope, thats not for now. Im working.

She went on to add: I think if I hadnt booked that job, I wouldve started transitioning a lot sooner. I think because my work being so tied to my body and face and identity, and whatever Id been identified as it delayed some of my growth and maturation in my mid-20s. I also think I made decisions that were just not aligned with who I really was or what I wanted, but out of fear.

Dorfman publicly clarified her gender identity in July 2021, telling Time magazine in an interview that she had been living as a trans woman for about a year. She was adamant, however, that her announcement not be deemed a coming out.