As the third anniversary of Heath Ledger's death approaches, his former fiancé has looked back on her own Hollywood temptations.
The 30-year-old was forced to grow up fast when she moved to LA aged just 15.
And although she says her memories of that time are blurred, the Blue Valentine star is glad she managed to stay on the straight and narrow.
She said: 'Hollywood is a place without boundaries. There were no limits, no rules. I made mistakes and tried to implement my own safety rules... Although I still veered crazily across the lanes, I didn't fall into the gutter.'
She added to British Reveal magazine: 'What was threatening was that I was out there and vulnerable at only 16. It wasn't like tables full of cocaine and rock stars. It was just weird and insidious.
'I never knew who I was with, who I'd been with and what was in my glass.'