Being famous sucks. At least if you’re to believe most of the people that are famous. And it’s not hard to see why. What could possibly be advantageous about being rich, thin, and beautiful? And let’s not even mention all the free swag and getting the best tables at booked restaurants. It’s a hard, empty, solitary life – at least if we’re to believe Kirsten Dunst.

Dunst recently gave an interview to OK! magazine in which she dispensed some of her legendary sage advice, and then talked about some of the hardships of being famous.

Kirsten also admits that she can identify with Marie Antoinette’s troubles with celebrity after playing her onscreen.

“Being famous can be isolating,” she says. “I was 11 when I started acting, and I’ve always been surrounded by adults and people I’m trying to please. It can make you feel very lonely. You’re constantly wondering if people are using you.”

The Spiderman 3 star says she’s gotten some good advice, however, from others in the industry on how to deal with the ups and downs of fame and success.

“The one thing every actor has told me is, ‘Always keep your head on straight and never stop being the person you really are.’ As soon as you start getting wrapped up in the celebrity side of the business, which has nothing to do with acting, that’s when you can lose it,” she recalls. “I remember James Wood telling me, ‘Do small movies.’ But I took that with a grain of salt because he said it while he was in that Oliver Stone football epic Any Given Sunday.”

[From OK! Magazine]

As much as most of us hate hearing celebs complain about the downside of fame, I can definitely see Kirsten’s point – especially since she’s been acting since she was a child. I doubt she knows what a completely normal relationship is like; and it’s got to be impossible not to wonder why it is someone really wants to hang out with you. It must make you feel like you can never really be yourself – because who knows when the person you’re with is going to go blab to Star or something?

The cliched acting advice from James Woods was a little grating. Not just because Dunst calls him out for doing an Oliver Stone film while relating the story, but because she certainly has done several big films too (hello Spiderman?). But he did make a good point that celebrity has nothing to do with acting in and of itself. The best actors I’ve ever seen where in relatively small plays, and I’m sure no one will ever hear of them. Not that Spiderman wasn’t epic or anything.

Here’s Kirstin in Paris during fashion week yesterday . According to Fame, “the actress spends the day shopping at “Isabel Marant” boutique. Taking a short break, Kristin enjoys a hot chocolate at cafe “la palette’ in the Saint Germain district of the city before venturing to dinner at a restaurant on “Rue De Vertus.” Images thanks to Fame.