Lindsay Lohan compares herself to Marilyn Monroe

Actress Lindsay Lohan has compared herself to late screen icon Marilyn Monroe.

In a foreword for Susan Bernard's new book Marilyn: Intimate Exposures, the 25-year-old discusses the blonde bombshell and insists she doesn't want to be a 'celebrity'.

She said: "Marilyn was the beautiful bad girl in that tight, rose-colored dress. The character she played was strong and taking control, which I unconsciously knew at that young age [12] was a necessary quality for a woman.

"I can understand the photographer Bernard of Hollywood's [Bruno Bernard] statement, 'it took a superhuman effort to be Marilyn.' I identify."

But Lohan didn't stop there when it come to drawing the similarities between herself and Monroe.

The Mean Girls star added: "People in their mind have created who I am and act as if there is no real person inside of me. Just like Marilyn.

"Marilyn never wanted to be just a celebrity. Neither do I...I had always thought that movie stars were in films that would last forever in your mind. But now the films don't. I don't want to be remembered as someone who just wanted to be photographed, who goes out at night, and gets in trouble."

Just like Monroe, Lindsay wants to be known for her talent rather than her troubled personal life.

She continued: "Heath Ledger once said to me, 'It's built you up to knock you down and that's all it is.'

"Marilyn said she had no foundation. But she said she was really working on it. I've been trying to do the same thing...I believe in myself and I'm a good actress."

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