Hollywood’s child genius, Megan Fox, has gifted us with yet another spectacular interview, this time in Entertainment Weekly. It’s a pretty wide-ranging interview, and yet reading it, I was struck by one salient detail about Megan Fox: she is one of the dumbest, most self-absorbed, vapid young women to ever hit it big in Hollywood. She manages to always bring the conversation back to herself, and what people think about her, and how hot she is, and what an over-sexed wild child she is. She’s also trying to convince us that’s she’s this strong, tough, confident woman… but she just sounds supremely insecure.

One of the funniest parts is when the Entertainment Weekly interviewer asks Megan about all of those comparisons to Angelina Jolie. Megan says, regarding the comparisons, “I think it’s a lack of creativity on the media’s part. Because I have tattoos and dark hair and I was in an action movie? That’s as far as the similarities extend. I’m not the next anyone.” Right. Because that’s why Megan has gotten all of that plastic surgery, to not look like Angelina. And that’s why most people think of Megan as the Budget Jolie. Because of a lack of creativity. If you can take it, here’s more of Megan’s words of wisdom:

Do you think you’re a good actress?
I think I could be. If I really buckle down, I think one day I could be a very good actress. But so far, I haven’t done anything yet.

Then why are people so obsessed with you and hiring you for movies?
I can’t figure that out. I mean, Transformers made $700 million and that opened a door to introduce this ”new girl,” and I happened to be such an outrageous personality that people wanted to start writing about me because it was deemed controversial. I think if I had been a typical Hollywood actress and I said all the right things and I had been a publicity android, it wouldn’t have escalated to this level.

Is all the attention mysterious?
Yes. I don’t feel like I had to climb a ladder, so it doesn’t feel like I’ve earned it.

You’ve only done a couple of movies, so you’re still mostly known as a sex symbol rather than an actress.
It doesn’t bother me. I don’t know why someone would complain about that. That just means that the bar has been set pretty low. People don’t expect me to do anything that’s worth watching. So I can only be an overachiever. I think all women in Hollywood are known as sex symbols. That’s what our purpose is in this business. You’re merchandised, you’re a product. You’re sold and it’s based on sex. But that’s okay. I think women should be empowered by that, not degraded.

Do you think you’re good-looking?
Well, I’m clearly not ugly.

And you’ve got a lot of confidence.
I think most people are extremely insecure. As far as girls go, I have a really badass personality. I’m smart and I can be really funny and interesting and I can go toe-to-toe with anybody in a conversation. So I’m not afraid to speak, and I think that’s what people read as this überconfidence. I have a mouth and I’m not afraid to use it.

You’ve said you don’t have to use big words in interviews just to show you’re smart, like Scarlett Johansson does.
That was taken out of context. It made it sound like I was suggesting she’s pretentious. She’s clearly book-smart and she allows people to see that every time she opens her mouth. And I was suggesting that for me to do that — people would receive it as though I was being pretentious. Not that she was! I would never talk s— about her.

There are some actresses who started out as sex symbols and went on to serious careers. Is that your goal?
Like who?

Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron…
Angelina Jolie was always a Method actress. She’d been nominated for Golden Globes before she ever did Tomb Raider.

There have been a lot of comparisons between you and Angelina Jolie.
I think it’s a lack of creativity on the media’s part. Because I have tattoos and dark hair and I was in an action movie? That’s as far as the similarities extend. I’m not the next anyone.

You’ve said you’re afraid of her.
I was joking! She always seems otherworldly in her power and her confidence. I’m sure she has no idea who I am. But if I were her, I’d be like, ”Who the f— is this little bulls— brat who was in Transformers that’s going to be the next me?” I don’t want to meet her; I’d be embarrassed.

Women seem to have an issue with you. Do you get that impression?
Sure, for the same reason they didn’t like me in high school. I come across as confident and they assume that means that I think I’m hot s—. And that makes them feel bad about themselves and so they hate me.

Earlier this afternoon, you mentioned Brian Austin Green. There are always rumors about you guys.
Brian and I are not engaged, because when you’re engaged, your goal is marriage. And I don’t think that’s a realistic goal for me right now. I know I’m not capable at this point in my life of being a good partner or a good wife. That’s like a joke. We’re sort of trying to figure out what our relationship is.

You also said that when you go to Hollywood parties you feel like chum to these creepy older guys…
I notice them circling me and deciding what their plan of attack is going to be, and I think that’s because I have this image of this little sex kitten — this oversexed wild child. So they think that I’m ready to throw down. And so everybody wants to try and, like, get in there. And I’m actually not that way at all.

Looking ahead, where would you like to see your career in five years? What’s the best-case scenario?
If I’m still making Transformers five years from now, I might not be so überexcited. But there’s nothing specific that I need to accomplish. I just want to still be working.

What’s the worst-case scenario?
Umm…that I’d be on The Hills?

[From Entertainment Weekly]

Did you like how Megan tried (unsuccessfully) to backtrack on that Scarlett Johansson stuff? I also like that she admitted she hadn’t “earned” her success. Truer words were never spoken. As far as the Angelina stuff… well, I don’t know what else to say about it. Just this morning we reported on Life & Style’s cover story about “Angelina vs. Megan”, and how producers already have Megan pegged for a few of the “young Angelina” type roles. Just last week, CB reported on Megan’s citation of Angelina as the reason Megan could get more tattoos. So I tend to think Megan is full of sh-t (shocking) when she’s trying to play the whole “Why would they compare me to Angelina?” game.