Lindsay Lohan Compares Herself To Marilyn Monroe

It is no secret that Lindsay Lohan has been trying to channel Marilyn Monroe for a long time -- she even recreated Bert Stern's ‘Last Sitting’ for New York magazine back in 2008. But now the young actress is actually comparing herself to the screen legend in a forward she wrote for Susan Bernard’s new book, Marilyn: Intimate Exposures.

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

But Lohan doesn't stop there when it come to drawing the similarities between herself and the bombshell icon.

“People in their mind have created who I am and act as if there is no real person inside of me. Just like Marilyn,” Lindsay continues. “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, Lohan wants to be loved for her talent rather than her infamy.

“Heath Ledger once said to me, 'It’s built you up to knock you down and that’s all it is,'" adds Lohan. “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.”

We would love to see Lohan prove the naysaying masses wrong.

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Comments

[John Di Saia]

09:31 PM on 09/29/2011

She better hope not: Marilyn's dead.

[David Gorman]

12:37 AM on 08/27/2011

Marilyn was a class act..one of a kind beauty

lindsay lohan is nothing but garbage...no class-no nothing a dog as better looks than her.

[cece1024]

05:13 AM on 08/26/2011

This broad really has no common sense!

[Simba216]

01:40 AM on 08/26/2011

Lindsay, you are not Monroe, you were born Lindsay freakng Lohan! Deal with it. Try to better yourself.

Monroe wasn't anyone else other than Monroe aka Norma Jean Baker. I would never want someone else's legacy, I would want my own. It's one thing to pay tribute someone, but create your own legacy. MJ was a big fan of James Brown, but he also created Michael Jackson's legacy.

[Max Shaw]

04:41 PM on 08/25/2011

Aside from addiction, I dont see her channeling anything else...

[Vanessa in DC]

03:17 PM on 08/25/2011

So will she be found dead from an overdose???

[TaurusRose]

01:58 PM on 08/25/2011

What is the inverse of 'talking to the choir'???
She is talking to folks who will never buy it.

[IdeaHotel]

01:19 PM on 08/25/2011

If you are really like someone people will naturally draw the comparison, you won't have to force it down their throats. Miss Lohan would do better to devote more time to thinking about how she really wants to be remembered and then applying her efforts to manifesting that into her life actions.

[Simba216]

01:42 AM on 08/26/2011

That's what I'm talking about, IdeaHotel. Do your own thing. Doyou really want to be remembered as nothing more than a copycat? A wannabe?

[Sheldonrs]

01:05 PM on 08/25/2011

I can see the similarity. MM had talent, sex appeal, personality and a film career. LL can spell some of those words.

[Martin van Milk]

12:44 PM on 08/25/2011

why did bernard ruin her book by having an essay written by a woman who will be utterly forgotten and who used the opportunity to talk about herself, and in the most boring way possible?

[YakittyGirl]

11:51 AM on 08/25/2011

Lindsay says, " I don’t want to be remembered as someone who just wanted to be photographed, who goes out at night, and gets in trouble."

Here's a thought: stop wanting to be photographed, going out at night and getting into trouble. Then you won't be remembered for doing those things.

[Sherry526]

01:12 AM on 08/25/2011

Marilyn Monroe had a special quality all her own. Contrary to her image, Marilyn Monroe was an intuitive, intelligent woman with a thirst for knowledge. She educated herself through constant reading as do many people who lack a formal higher education. Marilyn is an American icon. Lindsay doesn't have the same level of uniqueness, and the camera does not love her as it did Marilyn. Lindsay doesn't even come close, and she certainly won't go down in history as an American icon. Marilyn Monroe was one of a kind and no one can duplicate what she had. It's nice to honor her, but Lindsay should stop with the comparisons to Marilyn because she's not even in the same ballpark.

[Sherry526]

01:19 AM on 08/25/2011

I should have added that Lindsay shouldn't compare herself to Marilyn's troubled life either.

[Sean Roaney]

12:39 AM on 08/25/2011

That's like comparing Gilbert Godfried to Cary Grant.

[Harvey32]

12:46 AM on 08/25/2011

LOL. Faved and here's the LOL badge for you.

[Sean Roaney]

01:03 AM on 08/25/2011

Thanks! :)

[gandalf7531]

12:25 AM on 08/25/2011

Marilyn was a living goddess in her day. Poor Lindsey looks like someone took a hammer to her face. Hope she finds a good plastic surgeon: quick!

[jakiew]

11:40 PM on 08/24/2011

of course she wants to be an actress, big bucks little work. who wouldn't want that job. i'd like to see her have to do real work , then she might come back to reality and not seem so narcissistic .