"You shouldn't have to give things up for someone. If you love them someone, you should love them for everything they do and all that they are. I love acting and I wouldn't give it up for anything, and I don't know anyone in my life who would ask me to give it up"
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The phrasing is tellingly absolutist: "for everything they do and all that they are". That’s not how real relationships work; it’s how you speak when you’re tired of being edited. It’s also a preemptive argument against the kind of partner (or public) who frames sacrifice as proof of seriousness. In Lohan’s era of tabloid omnipresence, "give it up" could mean acting, nightlife, friends, visibility, even autonomy. The quote pushes back on a moral narrative that demanded she step away from the thing she was famous for in order to be seen as worthy of love.
There’s a second audience here: not just a hypothetical boyfriend, but the industry and the spectators. "I wouldn't give it up for anything" doubles as a career pledge, a claim to legitimacy, a reminder that acting is work, not a phase. The final sentence - "I don't know anyone... who would ask" - is a subtle reframe: if someone demands your diminishment, they’re not a love interest, they’re a red flag.
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| Topic | Love |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Lohan, Lindsay. (2026, January 15). You shouldn't have to give things up for someone. If you love them someone, you should love them for everything they do and all that they are. I love acting and I wouldn't give it up for anything, and I don't know anyone in my life who would ask me to give it up. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/you-shouldnt-have-to-give-things-up-for-someone-164167/
Chicago Style
Lohan, Lindsay. "You shouldn't have to give things up for someone. If you love them someone, you should love them for everything they do and all that they are. I love acting and I wouldn't give it up for anything, and I don't know anyone in my life who would ask me to give it up." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/you-shouldnt-have-to-give-things-up-for-someone-164167/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"You shouldn't have to give things up for someone. If you love them someone, you should love them for everything they do and all that they are. I love acting and I wouldn't give it up for anything, and I don't know anyone in my life who would ask me to give it up." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/you-shouldnt-have-to-give-things-up-for-someone-164167/. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.












