It's either refreshing, or a sad, telling state of affairs when a newly signed reality TV star -- former Laguna Beach babe Kristin Cavallari -- says of her new gig, essentially, "Thank God I can act." Or verbatim: The goal for me is to get my fans excited about me again. When I first started out, I had a celebrity name but I didn't have the acting skills I have now. If I have some buzz with my name again, I feel like it will only help.
Good for her that she's easing into her role as Lauren Conrad's replacement on MTV reality show The Hills with the full knowledge that there's nothing "real" about it. Check out her full Q+A with EW here.
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