London:
Hollywood's wild child Lindsay Lohan, who is out after serving a jail and rehab stint, says she is ready to put her partying ways behind to concentrate on her troubled career.
The 24-year-old star spoke to Vanity Fair magazine about a week before starting her jail sentence for violating probation on a 2007 drunk driving case. Lohan denied rumors that she has a substance abuse problem or is an alcoholic, CNN reported.
The actress, who is on bitter terms with her father, blamed Michael Lohan for causing the trauma in her life. The 'Mean Girls' star said she had learnt from her mistakes and was ready to take charge of her career once again.
"I want my career back. I want the respect that I had when I was doing great movies. And if that takes not going out to a club at night, then so be it. I don't care what anyone says. I know that I'm a damn good actress. And I know that in my past I was young and irresponsiblebut that's what growing up is. You learn from your mistakes," Lohan told the October issue of the magazine.
Lohan, who started her acting career at the age of 11 with Disney movie 'The Parent Trap' and went on to star in hit movies like Freaky Friday, Mean Girls and Herbie: Fully Loaded went off-track when she was caught for two driving under the influence (DUI) incidents in 2007.
But the actress denied that she had alcohol or substance abuse problem.
"If I were the alcoholic everyone says I am, then putting a (SCRAM) bracelet on would have ended me up in detox, in the emergency room, because I would have had to come down from all the things that people say I'm taking and my father says I'm taking," Lohan said.
"I never abused prescription drugs. I never have in my life. I have no desire to. That's not who I am. I've admitted to the things that I've done to, dabbling in certain things and trying things 'cause I was young and curious and thought it was like, OK, 'cause other people were doing it and other people put it in front of me. And I see what happened in my life because of it."
Lohan has only one film under her belt. She is to play porn star Linda Lovelace in the film 'Inferno'. Lohan feels that her problems have been inextricably tied to the company she's kept.
The 24-year-old star spoke to Vanity Fair magazine about a week before starting her jail sentence for violating probation on a 2007 drunk driving case. Lohan denied rumors that she has a substance abuse problem or is an alcoholic, CNN reported.
The actress, who is on bitter terms with her father, blamed Michael Lohan for causing the trauma in her life. The 'Mean Girls' star said she had learnt from her mistakes and was ready to take charge of her career once again.
"I want my career back. I want the respect that I had when I was doing great movies. And if that takes not going out to a club at night, then so be it. I don't care what anyone says. I know that I'm a damn good actress. And I know that in my past I was young and irresponsiblebut that's what growing up is. You learn from your mistakes," Lohan told the October issue of the magazine.
Lohan, who started her acting career at the age of 11 with Disney movie 'The Parent Trap' and went on to star in hit movies like Freaky Friday, Mean Girls and Herbie: Fully Loaded went off-track when she was caught for two driving under the influence (DUI) incidents in 2007.
But the actress denied that she had alcohol or substance abuse problem.
"If I were the alcoholic everyone says I am, then putting a (SCRAM) bracelet on would have ended me up in detox, in the emergency room, because I would have had to come down from all the things that people say I'm taking and my father says I'm taking," Lohan said.
"I never abused prescription drugs. I never have in my life. I have no desire to. That's not who I am. I've admitted to the things that I've done to, dabbling in certain things and trying things 'cause I was young and curious and thought it was like, OK, 'cause other people were doing it and other people put it in front of me. And I see what happened in my life because of it."
Lohan has only one film under her belt. She is to play porn star Linda Lovelace in the film 'Inferno'. Lohan feels that her problems have been inextricably tied to the company she's kept.
