But what hurts me the most is that I work just as hard as any other actress around my age, like Scarlett Johansson, but I just don't get the opportunities that they get because people are so distracted by the mess that I created in my life.

ummmm... Right! Duh! I'm Sure Michael Vick worked just as hard as other football players. Too bad about that thing with hooking up dogs balls to car batteries. But that doesn't have anything to do with what he does on the... Oh wait, it does. People don't want to deal with someone who's a total whack job.