Lindsay Lohan found fame to be "overwhelming" during her younger years.

The 39-year-old actress shot to stardom in the late 90s, when she appeared in the Disney comedy movie The Parent Trap, and Lindsay has now acknowledged that fame can be a "double-edged sword".

The actress - who also starred in 2004's Mean Girls movie - told Vogue Arabia magazine: "I should have listened to my mom and dad and moved back to New York. But I was young and wanted to be in LA. And I didn't know.

"So yeah, while a lot of it was fun, it was hard when I was young. It was a double-edged sword.

"Now I look back and wonder, 'Why didn't anyone just go and take me out of there, protect me more?' You don't know how to do that yourself when you're a teenager."

Lindsay - who is married to financier Bader Shammas - moved to Dubai in 2014, in a bid to escape the pressures of fame and success. And Lindsay insists she doesn't have any regrets about her decision to relocate to the UAE.

She said: "I wasn't having fun in the business anymore.

"I wasn't finding roles I loved. It's not a life I wanted to live, you know? It's not a real life. It pushed me so far away that I moved to the other side of the world. And I'm so glad I followed my gut."

Lindsay previously revealed how her husband has influenced her thinking.

The Hollywood star - who has been married to Bader since 2022 - told People: "I'm a very positive person so I always expect everything to go the way it's supposed to go -- and my husband has taught me, 'You have to be prepared for other things, so you don't get disappointed. If this doesn't go that way, then it's okay.' And that's really important to me because I never really understood the value of that.

"You are your own vessel. If you don't nurture yourself, anything can distract you in a second. Anything can take a turn."