Lindsay Lohan believes she was "pigeonholed" as an actress

Asked if she felt pigeonholed, she told The Times newspaper: "Yeah, I do. I was so thrilled to work on A Prairie Home Companion, and yet even today I have to fight for stuff that is like that, which is frustrating.

"Because, well, you know me as this - but you also know I can do that. So let me! Give me the chance. I have to break that cycle and open doors to something else, leaving people no choice. And in due time, if Martin Scorsese reaches out, I'm not going to say no."

However, the 39-year-old star doesn't want to "press too many boundaries" with edgy roles as she doesn't want to alienate her fanbase.

She said: "I'm never looking to do something that presses too many boundaries. I tried that when I was younger, I didn't love it.

"I don't want to do something that will cut my whole fan base off, the people who have been with me for so long, who will love Freakier Friday. I want to respect the people who have kept me here...

"I think that way because my life was so public at such a young age - out there for people to see and interpret for themselves - and so I'm always thinking what the public perception of me is. Whether it's a role or a colour I wear, I always think what the perception will be - that's important to me."

Lindsay - who has two-year-old son Luai with husband Bader Shammas - retreated from her career for so long because she had lost the "excitement" of working on a movie set.

She explained: "I wanted to take a minute.

"I was losing that feeling of excitement about doing a film, and I wanted to live my own life for a bit, figure out how to have a more private life, a real life. I wanted to wait to get that itch again."