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Lindsay Lohan looks lovely on the latest issue of Vanity Fair, but what really has our attention is what she's saying rather than what she's wearing for the sexy spread. Regarding her recent legal drama, Lindsay tells the mag, "I was irresponsible. And I'm not making excuses." However when asked about those court mandated alcohol ed classes she missed, Lilo defends herself, adding, "I have to support myself. I have to pay for my apartment. I have to pay for food. People root for me and say they want me to work, but then everyone's against me."

"I'm a completely different person now," she continued. "And I'm not getting any younger. 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. It's not fun anyway. I don't care. It's the same thing every time." Despite what her father has said over the years, Lindsay denies having an addiction to prescription drugs. "I've never abused prescription drugs," she says. "I never have. Never in my life. I have no desire to. That's not who I am."

Lindsay whines about the double standard with men in Hollywood (she claims they don't get the same amount of flack that she does for her wild behavior) and she also rips into her father Michael, saying, "I think if anyone should be looked at medically it's him ... He has such a big chemical imbalance at this point because of all the things he's done to himself."

And what about all her partying? "These were my college years ... but they were in the public eye. I was irresponsible. I was experimenting," she said. "I was doing certain things that people do 10 times more of when they're in college." But why is she calling them her college years if she wasn't actually enrolled in school? Oh well!

Lindsay gets serious and tells the mag that she wants people to take her seriously, and it sounds like she still has her eye on an Oscar. "I want my career back," Lohan said. "I know that I'm a damn good actress, and it's been my passion since I was a child, and I know that when I care about something, I put 100 percent and more into it."

We think she can do it, but maybe quitting the nightlife scene would be a good start?