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Lindsay Lohan may be all over the big screen, but don’t expect her to bare it all for a movie role. "You will never see me in a nude scene," Lohan tells Access Hollywood on Wednesday. "Then there's no mystery for my private life." The young star, who says she wants to be a respected actress, tells the show, "I don't think that's what's needed to win an Oscar for me."
On Wednesday morning, Lohan also told Today's Matt Lauer that if she had had her way, attention would be paid to her acting, not to her social life. Admitting that she hates the word "partying," the star of Herbie Fully Loaded, which opened Wednesday, said that she's a professional who would like a career just like Jodie Foster's. "She's my main person I always look toward," said Lohan, who turns 19 on July 2. "She was able to make the transition" into adult roles after a career as a child star. "I don't just want to be a celebrity," Lohan emphasized. "I want to be an actress."
With Lauer telling her that public perception of Lindsay Lohan is someone who "has romances with older men and parties without boundaries," Lohan responded: "I don't hang out in clubs as much as they say I do, I go out with friends and go out to dinner." To counteract sensational stories about her, she said, "The only thing you can do is ... know what the truth is, (because) the more you try to defend yourself, the more people say you're hiding something."
The conversation then turned to her weight. Lauer pointed out when he first started interviewing her, she was more full-figured. "I just hit puberty!" she shot back at him. As for her new, slimmer self, which also has been the subject of tabloid speculation, she said: "You grow up. You work out. You eat healthier. I was (accused of) having implants, then of taking them out."
Posted by Lawren at June 23, 2005 08:14 AM
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"...would like a career just like Jodie Foster's."
Yea, good luck with that Linds'and by the way, no one will want to see you naked until you gain back a little meat on those bones.
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Nanc' at June 23, 2005 08:19 AM
Even though she's something of a tabloid darling, there's something about her I sort of find endearing. She gave Letterman the same "I just hit puberty" remark the night before, by the way.
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Kevvy the Unnamed Source at June 23, 2005 09:22 AM
Didn't she also once say she would never dye her hair?...
"Mr. Hefner, Miss Lohan on line one..."
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LDH at June 23, 2005 09:40 AM
If she mentions Oscar one more time ... does she not realize that she's just a B-rated-teen-movie actress? I can't stand this chick at all ...
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Iceman at June 23, 2005 10:32 AM
SHE ALSO ALWAYS BRINGS UP THE PAPARAZZI AND THAT STUPID LITTLE FENDER BENDER.
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ERIN at June 23, 2005 11:36 AM
Nudity doesn't win Oscars? Go tell that to Halle Berry.
Oh, and while you are at it LL, get over yourself.
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Ren at June 23, 2005 01:07 PM
have you ever seen monsters ball with halle berry she played a crack addict, her getting naked had absolutly nothing to do with her winning an oscar. if you saw the movie you would know that
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natalie at June 23, 2005 03:02 PM
Natalie, perhaps Webster's Dictionary would be a good resource for you to discover the definition of the word sarcasm. Just a suggestion.
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Iceman at June 23, 2005 03:50 PM
Perhaps you did not see monsters ball---she was a doting mother, wife to a convicted murderer, waitress, and one heck of participant in an emotionally charged sex scene with bily bob thornton which breached the racial divide undercurrenting the film; but not a crack addict.
Thanks Ice, for pointing out my sarcasm, but many critics said that it was her convincing despondency during the sex scene which pushed her performance over the edge. Bottom line, she did a great job, but it was the buzz surrounding the fully nude scene which got enough viewers and, more importantly,` academy members to pay attention to the film.
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ren at June 23, 2005 07:27 PM
She just started puberty?
Isn't puberty like 13?
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Lynne at June 24, 2005 12:12 PM
If she just hit puberty then I guess she'll hit menopause around age 87.
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Mel at June 24, 2005 02:50 PM
i got the sarcastic thing but i guess i thought you meant it the other way, "that halle got her oscar just from getting naked and i was disagreeing but i proabbaly read it wrong i'm sorry didn't mean to get anyone upset i just thought halle berry was so good in that film she totally deserved it and it gets me so angry when miss hohan trys to discredited these talented actresses just b/c she doesn't have an oscar
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NATALIE at June 25, 2005 09:20 AM
No sweat Nat, and sorry to be so vitriolic. I agree that she deserved it, but it was far from her first great performance, just the one that finally got her a statue, and she happened to get 'nekkid.'
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ren at June 25, 2005 06:52 PM