Anne Hathaway reveals ‘inner turmoil’

The actress is one of the most successful in Hollywood, having starred in movies such as The Devil Wears Prada, Alice in Wonderland and her new release Love and Other Drugs. She knows she has achieved a lot, but insists her worries are still the same as any other woman’s. She continually frets about her relationships and the way her life is headed, and doesn’t expect that to change.

“I have the same worries as my friends: ‘How do I fill up my days?’, ‘Who am I?’, ‘What is love?’ Questions you’re supposed to be asking at this age. I’m where I should be in many ways and I wouldn’t change that,” she told the December issue of UK magazine Elle.

“The physical realities of my life are beautiful but [there’s] all the inner torment and turmoil and questioning. It’s like there are good days and bad days. When I was younger, there were a lot more bad days and now there are more good days than ever. And, I don’t know, maybe there’s light at the end of the tunnel where there are a lot of good days.”

The 27-year-old tries not to think about her public persona as she thinks it would send her mad if she did. She admits some aspects of her life are hard – her ex-boyfriend Raffaello Follieri was imprisoned for fraud, and she had to deal with the fall out in the limelight. Anne gets through it by relying on the people she works with and her friends and family, who understand she needs time to “fall apart” when the spotlight isn’t on her.

“I have this extraordinary opportunity and I wouldn’t complain about any aspect of it, but we all give things up and you’ve got to put you professional face on and do it,” she said. “Thank God I have people in my life who give me space to fall apart when I need to. I don’t need to do it on television. And I’m pleased that I have enough self-control that I don’t.”