United Kingdom, Nov. 17 -- Penn Badgley has written about his experience of fame to be "transparent about the process".

The 39-year-old actor has written a new essay collection, called Crushmore: Essays on Love, Loss and Coming-of-Age, and Penn has explained the motivation behind the project.

During an appearance on the Totally Booked with Zibby podcast, Penn shared: "I wanted to, and intended initially at the outset of that essay, to write way more specifically about what fame is or isn't or what, at least, my experience of it is.

"It's not just a huge part of a celebrity's life. It's a huge part of everybody's life. Our culture is just inextricably, undeniably entangled and obsessed with celebrity."

Penn actually thinks the public s...