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Interview about SPEAK and Movies Why try music?
I’ve always been singing since I was little. I’ve been taking voice lessons and stuff. So music was something that I always wanted to explore and try. I wanted to be try the triple threats thing , act, sing and dance. And I don’t know, I got lucky enough to finally be able to make an album, and just run for it.
How is music different than acting?
Music is a lot different from acting because you king of do everything at once and you have a big break off, and then you start next album. But when you do movie, it takes, it’s bigger process. There’s more involved in whole situation so. And with music, I feel like it’s somewhat you can become known so much faster. With movies, it takes more films to get out there. With music, it jus happened over night.
Why name the album Speak?
Well, on the album, I basically talk about love, hate, anger, just being young, and going through experiences. And I feel like it was most appropriate title because I speak about everything, and another time, it’s been and I thought its, we’ve just got revoking and everything and I thought it’s important for me to speak out and speak your mind. We are a lot of came from.
What is shooting a music video like?
Well, my other experiences in from of camera was basically shooting movies on films. So shooting music videos, it’s similar in some ways but it’s different in more ways than one because it’s just kind of in and out you do everything a lot faster . You have less time to do everything. It’s more strenuous because you have longer day, and I mean the thing that’s more fun in a way is that you’re singing and dancing so that’s like you are out with you r friends but you are making video. So you can capture a lot more, capture much more in the video because you are having a lot of fun with it. When you are acting, you are completely different person. So you are king of putting whole front on in a way. So those are the differences that I mean that at least I went through.
Discusses the song “Over”
My new single is called “Over,” and it was a song that I wrote with John C and Karla D. And it was just based on personal experience that I’ve been going through at the time. Stuff was about my family, boys, and all that kinds of things. It was just someday, I wrote stuff in a journal, and they were writing to it. And then I hand in to my journal over to them and just opened up and said “what can we do with this?,” and that’s basically how it came about. It’s great because its very emotional, and it’s true to the heart of the song.
Discussing the video for “Over”
The video for “Over” does some more reflect the song. You know, it’s instead of just ending, you kind of when you break up with someone, something you feel like why is this over? You are going to, we can end this now, but don’t let me be the last and all. Like tell me first. So that I’m not just sitting here wondering and the video’s kind of like that because my character in the video really feels for the guy and I think they really both love each other at this mutual love and trust for each other. He just can’t stand himself so she gives his a chance, and he doesn’t take it. So it’s over.
Discusses most memorable experience recording Speak
My most memorable experience from recording this album was that like six of the songs out of 12 were recorded on my trailer on the set of my movie that is coming out in June, “Herbie Love Bug.” (“Harbie: Fully Loaded”) I was working filming the movie and I was also recording my songs and writing and promoting. So I did it all in my trailer and some of the songs I did in my house.
How she recorded Speak in her trailer
In the trailer, we basically had pro-tools computer, and a microphone. And you know, we hocked it up and we just did it. And it came out great in the trailer because the energy was there. I was running back and forth from set, and I was just running in and sing a lyric or two here and there., then I run back out. I would just do the whole song whenever I had breaks over lunch breaks and stuff. I really didn’t have any down time. I was recording the whole time.
Discusses other upcoming projects
“Harbie Love Bug” comes out June 3rd of 2005, and I start shooting my next movie “Lady Luck” which will come out 2005 as well probably just a little bit later. Then hopefully more singles to come. I’ll e recording another album by then. Maybe touring in Japan and everywhere. That’ll be nice.
Discusses differences between acting and singing
I don’t know. I think people give me an amazing rush in different ways. When you are doing a movie, it takes longer so you are very anxious to see what happens. You have to wait that much longer for it to come out and everything to happen for it. And when you are recording a song, you record sometimes three songs in one day if you have enough energy for it. And the album will come out soon after. Well, that’s how was for me. Because we were rushing to get album done. But you know what happens faster with recording, so the rush comes quicker. And with movies, you have to wait for it more. So they are both equally the feeling that comes from both of them are amazing because it’s something that you put a lot of effort into. And it’s very personal, close to your heart. So once it happens, it’s like I don’t know how it happens, it’s very shocking.
Discusses what she does in her free time
In my free time, I really just churlish being able to hand around with my friends, my family, and just literally just getting in my car and driving or just sitting and doing nothing. Like, I mean I enjoy going out with my friends at night and hanging out with them just because it’s relief just be able to do that. Just have fun, kick back and not worry about anything, but at the same time, then you always have to think about what other people’s going to say. If you are out and then sees like you always have to be conscious. So I just like being with my friends and families wherever it is.
Discusses how she deals with fame
You know I think that is kind of understanding that you have when you come into this business. You want the press and you want people to notice you and that’s what you strive for. You want to be, you want to be in the spot light. So when you come up there and you finally have it, it’s something that you shouldn’t take for grant it because it can go away that easily. So you kind of understand what’s gonna come with that. Sometimes it gets really tiring and you are exhausted and you don’t want to do stuff. You just have to go through it just be happy that you can have the experience of doing that, but in terms of having my private life, I think you kind of know that you don’t have one anymore. Like, I know anything I do and everything I do will get our there. So I do everything accordingly, and I know it’s going to come out of it and I know people’s going to find out and I accept that because I’m a normal girl and I do things anyone else can or should do or would want to do, and I’m growing up, too. I’m still learning. I’m going to make mistake, and people want to know that. Then they are going to have to deal with it and see it and accept it for what it is.
Discusses other ventures she’d like to pursue
There are few films that I’m looking in and producing. So that’s interesting to me. I’ve always loved writing, but I don’t know what will come out of that. Actually, I’m getting together with someone to start writing a treatment for something, but no one really knows about that. So kind of have the first clue. Source : lindsay-lohan.de
Interview with IGN FlimForce IGN FILMFORCE: Why has it been so long since you've acted in a feature film?
LINDSAY LOHAN: When I did Parent Trap, I was ten. I was thrown off by the whole fame thing. It came all at once and Parent Trap was an amazing movie. ...How do you do something that can top that? I wanted to go to school and be a normal kid... I went to high school and I did two Disney Channel things which were fun, just to keep up. And then, Freaky Friday came along and it was just like, 'Wow, this is a great script and it would be perfect for me to come back with this.'
IGNFF: Did you watch the original Freaky Friday?
LOHAN: I saw the original Freaky Friday but I don't really want to go based on that. ...This is very different from the original. It's the same structure: the mother-daughter switching places... but my character is punk rock which is kind of tom-boyish, but it has more of an edge rather than being a tom boy. I didn't really go based on that and also it's Jodie Foster... I didn't want to try to be like Jodie Foster and do a terrible job and be really embarrassed.
IGNFF: Did you draw on the inspiration of your own mother at all in this role?
LOHAN: Sometimes. My mom stands a certain way and she has really good posture. So I took that from her. And whenever I slouch she goes over and she puts my back up straight. She'll probably notice that. ...My mom is a really cool mom. Jamie's character in the movie is very square and my mom is not very square. My mom is more like Jamie in real life.
IGNFF: Were you familiar with Jamie Lee's other work, or more specifically the horror movies?
LOHAN: Yeah, I'd seen all her Halloween stuff. They were so scary but I forced myself to see them with my brother and his friend and I loved them. And I saw True Lies. Her husband is an amazing actor also, Chris Guest. I'd seen a bunch of Jamie's movies and I think she's so great. She just has this thing about her when she's on screen you just can't stop looking. She has this thing about her. She's just really fun and outgoing. She's really cool. She's a great person.
IGNFF: Mark Waters (Director of Freaky Friday) said that he shot video footage of you and Jamie Lee to help you prepare for the roles. Can you tell me more about this?
LOHAN: I think that was a great idea on Mark Waters' part. We sat in a room, Jamie and I, and she read the whole script as she would have read it, as if there was no changing. It was really great to watch it back. I didn't watch it all back because we got the gist of each other. When we spent more time with each other as the characters, I kinda became my character throughout the movie, Anna. So then when I was Jamie, it was completely different. And the wardrobe helps a lot. I mean, when you see a mother in fishnets and a mini schoolgirl type outfit and a guitar...it's gonna help.
IGNFF: You have a song on the Freaky Friday soundtrack, "Ultimate." Is a singing career something you plan to pursue?
LOHAN: I've always been interested in singing and I've always been singing and dancing since I was little. It's hard right now, because there are a lot of other girls coming out. ...I don't want to just be one in the pack. I want to separate myself. I think who's doing a great job of that right now is Liz Phair... She's a really cool sound and she's just different... IGNFF: Is there a particular style you will be going for in your own music?
LOHAN: I go through phases where I need to hear some pop and some N' Sync. I don't know exactly what I'm gonna do yet. I don't want to stay away from anything yet, because I don't really know. I probably won't be singing country, I know that. Because that's not all of my fan base and I want to do things that my sister's gonna like...Once I sign with a label, when I start meeting with people, then I think I'll be able to find where I should be at. To give you an answer, kind of rock hip-hop, if you could imagine that. Hip-Hop beats with a guitar. I want to be edgy because I'm 17...
IGNFF: Do you get to sing and dance in your next movie, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen?
LOHAN: I do sing in it, but it's different singing. It's not like I'm going to go singing in every movie I do. I just want to say that now, because then people are going to be like, 'Well, does she need to sing in every movie to make the movie work?' It just so happened that there was singing in the script. The singing in this is more pop/hip-hop and there's dancing in it, which I really wanted to show people that I can dance as well so that I can show people two different sides. So when I do come out with my singing then people can accept me as either/or, whichever I decide to go...We're just having so much fun making this. We have a great director. She's a genius. Her name's Sarah Sugarman... My character, she's really out there, she's really eccentric...
IGNFF: You have a website now, www.llrocks.com. How much involvement do you have in that?
LOHAN: I'm involved in, like, everything. If I had the time to do it myself [I would], but I wouldn't want to do a website for myself because that would just seem weird. I want to interact with my fans and I want to let people know what I'm doing and stuff like that because I'd want to know. I think that's a really cool thing. So I'm pretty involved in it.
IGNFF: Is there a particular actor that has taught you or helped you the most in your career?
LOHAN: When I worked with Dennis Quaid [on The Parent Trap] he would give me a lot of good things to keep with me for my career and stuff. Alec Baldwin has been a really good friend of mine for a while. He's a really good person and he's given me some great advice. ...Jamie's taught me a lot.
IGNFF: Who would you switch roles with for a day?
LOHAN: Madonna. I would switch roles with Madonna for a day. Or if Audrey Hepburn was still alive, Audrey Hepburn. I love Audrey Hepburn. She's one of my idols also. Credit : IGN FilmForce
Interview with Associated Press ( 2004) Lindsay Lohan seems like a typical 18-year-old. She’s really concerned with boys and her hair, she’s fidgety and giggly, and she just bought these fuzzy purple boots from a Marc Jacobs sale.
But this seemingly typical teen, who first got noticed as a child playing those famous twins in “The Parent Trap” remake, has a full-time job. The freckled redhead has made herself a household name with films including “Freaky Friday” and “Mean Girls.”
And now she’s put out an album, Speak. The songs are hyper-produced and sound a lot like the other girls her age coming out with CDs: Hilary Duff and Ashlee Simpson, to name a couple.
This latest venture could put Lohan at risk for further overexposure, especially after appearing in myriad magazines and newspapers (sometimes with seductive and nearly nude photos) and becoming a regular in the gossip columns for her tiff with Duff and a public breakup with That ’70s Show actor Wilmer Valderrama. Her father’s run-ins with the law aren’t helping her to stay out of the papers, either.
Lohan, though, says she is only trying to work hard and have fun, too.
AP: Why do an album?
Lohan: I’ve been singing since I was a little kid. I have been taking voice lessons since I was 6 or 7 years old. I used to put on shows for my Barbie dolls singing Madonna or Paula Abdul. But I started acting first, so it made more sense to just go with that, and I was young when I started. I wanted to be singing at 18 so if I sung a track or dressed a certain way in my video it wouldn’t make a difference, which somehow it still does.
AP: Is it hard for you to find some middle ground because little girls look up to you and guys think you’re hot?
Lohan: Girls my age dress so much raunchier than I’d ever imagine myself dressing. And I understand that I’m a role model though, and I have to look out for that. I have a 10-year-old sister, too. But you also want to be appealing to guys and stuff, that’s just something girls feel. It’s hard. You want to be that girl that’s unattainable to all the guys because there are so many other girls out there that are like that.
AP: What is with people’s obsession with your breasts?
Lohan: God. I don’t know. They’re real though.
AP: Do you feel disconnected from people your age?
Lohan: In some ways, because my friends are in college now and they’re going to frat parties and drinking beer. If I go out in New York or something with my friends, I’ll have a drink, I’m not going to lie. But my friends in college are out getting wasted and I don’t really have a desire to do that. I have sort of grown past it because I have a full-time job and responsibilities. It’s cool to have that, it makes you mature faster.
AP: Do you want to go to school?
Lohan: People go to college to find who they are as a person and find what they want to do in life, and I kind of already know that so it would be like I’d be taking a step back or something.
AP: When you go to clubs and stuff do you show ID or something?
Lohan: No, you go in the back door.
AP: Do they care?
Lohan: Well it’s not like I order bottles of vodka to my table or order drinks. Most of my friends are over 21, and if I have a sip or whatever it’s not a big deal. It’s not like I order things to my table and get wasted and all trashed.
AP: One song on your album is about not having privacy from the media. But how can you complain when you’re in show business and you know that’s how it is?
Lohan: You can’t really complain because it’s what you have to accept is going to happen when you’re in the spotlight. And you want this. And I understand that. At the same time, it’s hard when you’re just waking up and you’re going out to get your mail and there are people there. It bugs me sometimes, of course. But I don’t do it on purpose, you know, I try to just live my life, I’m not doing stuff like that to get noticed.
AP: OK, but going out with the likes of Paris Hilton is bound to draw attention to you.
Lohan: Yeah. Well, like I said, I’m friendly with other girls in the business. Some of them make rumors up about other girls in the business. They’ll say “Oh, she does drugs. She drinks too much.” I know a lot of the girls in L.A. smoke pot, but I can’t do that. I would have an asthma attack. It’s stupid to smoke, I do that once in a while, but everyone goes through that phase. I would never be an excessive drinker. You feel like (expletive) the next day anyway.
AP: Why were you in the hospital?
Lohan: Exhaustion. I lost, like, 15 pounds. And when I got out the whole breakup happened and I lost more weight.
AP: So how was that whole break up?
Lohan: Yeah, it was hard. It was hard because he keeps talking about it in the papers. I don’t really have a comment on it. The thing is, because I was younger people made it out to be like I was the immature one. But you know, it wasn’t true. I wanted to stay home sometimes and he wanted to go out all the time.
AP: So if you could do one thing in public if you would not be recognized, what would you do?
Lohan: I would go and do everything that the tabloids say Lindsay Lohan does, if they thought I was someone else. I would go and do everything they say Lindsay Lohan does and have them focus on someone else and have the attention taken off of me completely.
Credit : Associated Press
Interview with MTV (2005)Herbie, that lovable Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own — and the star of such films as The Love Bug and Herbie Goes Bananas — is racing back into theaters, and this time Lindsay Lohan is going along for the ride. Herbie: Fully Loaded is still in production, but we caught up with Lohan on the set to see how things were going so far on the flick, which takes place in the world of NASCAR and features such co-stars as Breckin Meyer (Clueless), Justin Long (TV's Ed) and Michael Keaton.
MTV: Tell us a little about the movie. What's it like?
Lindsay Lohan: "Herbie: Fully Loaded" is a remake of an older movie, and it's basically about a car that comes to life but not in a cheesy way. The car just, you know, it takes off with me in it. There's all these crazy driving scenes in it. ... It's kinda like a racing movie, I guess you could say — a lot of NASCAR driving and stuff in it, so that's really cool.
MTV: What's it like having a car as a co-star?
Lohan: It's a little bit awkward because there will be scenes where I'll be talking to the car and I'll be standing there and I'll be thinking to myself, "I'm talking to a car, I look a little crazy right now." But it's funny and it's sweet.
MTV: You just shot the scene where you figure out that the car is magical and is acting out by itself, right? What happens there?
Lohan: Basically, I got the car the same day. I found a friend who works in a mechanic shop and I meet up with him and I get in the car and the car kind of takes off on me with me in it. And he gets in the car and we are going to take it for a test drive and it takes off with me and him in it again and it takes me to a car show because it knows that I'm a racer apparently. I don't know how — some magical way. But, you know, it's cute, it's sweet, and we come to this car show and it's really embarrassing 'cause this car is all beat up and it's, like, clunking in. It ends up doing some damage to someone else's car as well so ...
MTV: What's it like working alongside Justin Long and Breckin Meyer?
Lohan: Justin Long is really cool, it's fun to work with him. He is very goofy — him as well as Breckin Meyer. It's really nice to have that on the set because you get tired and you need to be uplifting and everything, and he's like that, so we goof around a lot we have a lot of fun. ... Breckin is hysterical, working with him is great. He's so funny, and when I was younger I watched him in "Clueless," so I remember him as that character all the time, but he's so funny. He's just genuinely a guy who doesn't try to be funny at all but he just is. They played a joke on me on the set recently. I don't know where they found it, but they found this huge stuffed spider. It looked so realistic, and he came out of the car and slid out and it was on top of him and I freaked out and screamed and everything. He's just really funny.
MTV: Are there a lot of pranks on the set?
Lohan: Oh, him and Justin tortured me and my friends once. Sometimes out in Acton [California], 'cause Acton is in the middle of nowhere, so it's like pitch black, we were in the desert, there's nothing around us and it's kind of creepy . We were shooting at this barn and it looks like the house from "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" or something when you are standing far away. They were torturing us in my trailer, just like on the roof, underneath, it was funny.
MTV: Did you get to do any of driving scenes yourself?
Lohan: I have done some. I mean, not as much as I would have liked to have done, because it's not very safe. I had to take lessons and stuff for the movie, and I had to learn how to drive like a racer and everything, so that was cool. And I have done some stuff where I get to stunt drive, so that's fun.
MTV: What's been the hardest part about making the film?
Lohan: We had to shoot in out in the desert, we had to shoot in Acton and we had to shoot in Fontana. And at the NASCAR races they're wearing the full suits, the NASCAR suits. And luckily, thank God, got to take the lining out of ours. But it was over a hundred degrees and it was just like you're sweating to death, and out in Acton it was like 120 degrees one day. We were just dying. That was probably the worst part. Everything else has been really fun. Credit : MTV
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