Studio exec #1 on Lindsay Lohan: ”Her troubles are what made her famous. Her films don’t open. She’s a pain to work with. I think she’s done.” Studio exec #2: ”She had the world at her feet, and right now she’d have to pay a studio to get herself into a movie.” Studio exec #3: ”I think she has to stay alive.” — from “I Know Who Killed Your Career,” an 8.2.07 Entertainment Weekly article by Sean Smith.
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