Ashley Olsen Marie Claire September 2009

 

Ashley Olsen is the cover girl for the September 2009 Fall Fashion issue of Marie Claire where she chats about her fashion secrets, growing up in the spotlight, twin names among other things.

Check out some highlights below:

On being surprised she never had a public breakdown after becoming famous so young:  “I look at Britney, and I’m surprised I didn’t end up like her.”

On her busy/stressful childhood: “(Growing up) it was almost like I was in the army. School, work, homework, fly to New York, get in at two in the morning, do a morning show at 5 a.m., then another one at seven, then a radio interview at 10.”

On driving with paparazzi:  “I love driving, but sometimes I’m not too good with it because I spend too much time looking in the rearview mirror if I know I’m being followed. You don’t respond like, ‘Oh, there’s paparazzi.’ It’s more like, ‘There’s a man, and he’s gonna attack me.’ That’s how your body responds.”

On having her and twin sister Mary-Kate’s names on everything:  “Mary-Kate and I never really wanted our names on a bunch of different things. It wasn’t us — it never felt like us.”