From playing Cindy Lou Who to playing rock ballads for sold-out audiences, Taylor Momsen still holds Jim Carrey close to her heart.

The Pretty Reckless frontwoman praised her How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) co-star for “taking [his] craft so seriously” as they reunited at Saturday’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony for the first time in 25 years.

“I just love that he was very protective of me,” she told People before performing with the surviving members of Soundgarden for their induction. “He was always very kind. And just the entire experience of filming Grinch and getting to know him so well, even in all the makeup, was just wonderful.”

Momsen continued, “As a young person watching an artist at work and taking their craft so seriously, that left a r

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