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"Mischa Barton has said that part of her regrets starring in The OC at a young age. The actress, who first played Marissa Cooper in 2003, struggled to deal with fame at a young age and has now advised rising stars to keep their personal lives as private as possible. &amp;quot;Probably not,&amp;quot; Barton told Metro when asked if she would sign up for the teen drama, looking back. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s something I came so close to not doing. I had a really great thing with film. People say be grateful for what you have, but it certainly was not the kind of thing I was expecting it to be.&amp;quot; She added: &amp;quot;I just like to be seen for the hard-working actress that I am and not for a bunch of extraneous press. In general, people are super quick to harbor on the gossipy stuff and less on how much work goes into it. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s tough. It&amp;#039;s really tough when you are young in this business. People blow a lot of hot air at you. That&amp;#039;s the main thing. Keep your head on your shoulders. Even when you think your head is on your shoulders, sometimes it isn&amp;#039;t! &amp;quot;Keep your private life private to the greatest extent that you can. People have this insatiable appetite for it, so how far can you go with that?&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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