Lindsay Lohan

I wanted to be a movie star. But movie stars are not what they used to be.

I have always admired and had enormous respect for Elizabeth Taylor. She was not only an incredible actress but an amazing woman as well.

I've become more of a homebody, and I like that.

I still need to go through the process of proving myself.

Obviously, I want to sell records, but I do it because I find it therapeutic. In music I can be myself.

I don't care what anyone says.

So many people around me would say they cared for the wrong reasons. A lot of people were pulling from me, taking from me and not giving.

I think my biggest focus for myself is learning how to continue to get through the trauma that my father has caused in my life.

This is what I asked for, and in this day and age that's what actually goes on. But what hurts me the most is that I work just as hard as any other actress around my age, like Scarlett Johansson, but I just don't get the opportunities that they get because people are so distracted by the mess that I created in my life.

When I was a kid, I thought movie stars were women and men who were in these great films that we still look at now. But I don't think there are too many films coming out these days that we're going to look at in the future and say, 'This is one of the great ones.'

I don't like to talk about politics. If you say you're a Democrat, that'll turn off Republicans, and that's half of your fan base.

I want to give back. I want to do all the things that will make me feel fulfilled. But whenever I do those things, people think it's a press stunt or something.

Compared to a lot of actresses my age, I'm actually overweight.

I am happy being able to play roles with people my age because once you do something really mature there is no turning back.

If I can change bodies with anyone, it would be Britney Spears because how can you not like Britney Spears?

Say 'no' more than 'yes,' and just make sure you surround yourself with good people.

People go to college to find who they are as a person and find what they want to do in life, and I kind of already know that so it would be like I'd be taking a step back or something.

I think a woman's body is so much more sensual than a man's. I'm not saying strip off all your clothes, but there are certain photos I like people taking of me, where I'm comfortable. As long as it's tasteful, why not?

I want to be remembered for the work that I've done, rather than the car accidents that I've gotten into, the men that I've not dated - or the man that I have.

I did get to work with Anthony Hopkins on 'The Human Stain.' If I ever manage to accomplish a quarter of what he's achieved, I'll have had one hell of a career.

It's funny because being comedic and happy and lighthearted is who I am as a person, so they're easier emotions for me to connect with.

I would switch roles with Madonna for a day. Or if Audrey Hepburn was still alive, Audrey Hepburn. I love Audrey Hepburn. She's one of my idols, also.

I want to interact with my fans, and I want to let people know what I'm doing and stuff like that because I'd want to know.

When I did 'Parent Trap,' I was ten. I was thrown off by the whole fame thing.

I've always been interested in singing, and I've always been singing and dancing since I was little.

My mom is very close to me, and it has been really cool having a mom that's closer to my age because she can go out with me and stuff.

I did say that I wanted to be a young mom, just because my mom was a young mom. It is better because I can be closer to my kids and stuff.

I think Christina Aguilera is great; I would love to work with her.

When I was younger, I started taking singing lessons and dance and acting. I just started acting first because that's how everything happened.

If you're fighting with your boyfriend, you can go to the movies and cry it out and leave happy because the ending of the film is happy.

I'm not skinny for the wrong reasons. It's not because I'm bulimic or anorexic or doing drugs. Compared to a lot of actresses my age, I'm actually overweight.

I just feel as though it's become a situation where people have manifested this caricature of who I am, and they act as if there's no real person inside of it.

I never rebelled against my parents - I worked hard, I was responsible, and I didn't go to high-school parties.

I'm at my happiest when I'm on a movie set. It's like therapy for me.

I hate the bad rap that people give my parents. Because they are just parents, really, at the end of the day trying to stand up for their daughter and themselves.

I'm really in touch, whether it's prayer or meditation... there are so many powers greater than me in the world. I've been blessed and lucky enough to have been given a gift to share with other people.

I'm my own worst enemy and I know that.

Partying and having all of those pictures taken distracts from the work that I do. It's not why I started acting. I didn't get into acting to be written about. It kind of just happened - so I accept that it's my life.

Because I'm so much in the spotlight, people lose sight of why I'm in the industry. In fact, I'm doing all this because I love to act. I love to perform, to sing.

I want to act and direct like Jodie Foster. I admire her because she went to college and she is still doing the same thing.

I want to set up orphanages for underprivileged and abused children.

If I dated as many people as they said I have, then I would be dead, because it's just not possible.

I hate it when people call me a teen queen.

I really enjoy singing and I really enjoy acting, but singing I've been doing since I was really young.

I write most of my own lyrics for my album and I am helping to produce some of the songs as well.

How can you not like Britney Spears?

I'll probably pursue doing more movies, but not horror or movies with killers in them. I'll try to stick to happy movies. I want to act and direct like Jodie Foster. I admire her because she went to college and she's still doing the same thing.

Never say never. The things that you don't plan are the best. I'm a very spontaneous person.

I'm not going to deny the fact that I've tried pot. I hated it.

I just love fashion. I think it just expresses who you are so much.