The actress has said that the work by the renaissance statesman, which was a favourite of Napoleon Bonaparte and Benito Mussolini, is constantly with her. “I was going out with someone and they said I should read Machiavelli and I was like, ‘Nah’, and then I was, ‘Ok, I’ll read it’, and now it is always with me,” she explained.
She also relies on meditation and “serenity prayers” to help her through troubled times and says she still has issues, including a phobia of sleeping alone. She told: “It changed my life. I didn’t have a good grip on it and I needed to get my shit together. I was going out too much and I had too much pressure on my shoulders. I was not that happy and I needed to go to that place to be happy.”
“There were therapy classes to talk about relationships and family issues and to hear other people’s stories too. They teach you to give to other people and I walked away with the benefit of that. If I get stressed out I say a serenity prayer. I meditate too.”
Despite her stints in rehab, Lohan insisted she will not give up her social life, insisting it does not conflict with her acting career.
“Look, I want to win Oscars. I want Academy Awards. I am serious about what I do and what I want to achieve. I detest being known as a party girl. Even that term ‘partying’ is such an annoyance,” she said.
“I’m a 21-year-old actress who loves to act and enjoys spending time with her friends because I am a very social person. Why am I chastised for that? I’ve been a dancer all my life and it doesn’t kill you to go out and dance.”
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