Anne Hathaway's Shame, Stress Over Being Thin is Obsessive: Worries about Hollywood Body Image, Drops 25 Ib for 'Les Miserables'

The talented and beautiful Anne Hathaway still has her insecurities just like everybody else, but the 30-year-old actress recently admitted that she's actually ashamed of constantly obsessing over her weight and body image, wondering if she is too thin or not thin enough for Hollywood's standards. Even after dropping a shocking 25 pounds for her role in the highly-anticipated film adaptation of "Les Miserables," Hathaway still feels anxious in her own skin. In the upcoming January cover issue of "Glamour" magazine, Hathaway discusses how she struggles with the feeling that she is always being judged in the celebrity and media spotlight, and how she wishes that she should have already outgrown such compulsive body image issues.

In the 2013 "Glamour" exclusive Hathaway explains, "I still feel the stress over 'Am I thin enough? Am I too thin? Is my body the right shape?' There's an obsessive quality to it that I thought I would've grown out of by now. It's an ongoing source of shame for me... If I'm honest... There's an obsessive quality to it that I thought I would've grown out of by now. It's an ongoing source of shame for me."

The "Princess Diaries" starlet explains that if she were not a constant figure in the Hollywood spotlight, things would probably be different. In fact, she would probably let her "true self" shine more (including her own unconventional fashion choices) if that were the case - "I just think about the ridicule you get if you have an off day... If people weren't watching, I'd be so much more eccentric. I know it makes me sound weak, but rather than make myself happy and wear the silly hat and say, 'Oh, I don't care.' I actually really don't feel like getting made fun of. So I put on something boring and navy and go out and try to disappear."

It doesn't help that at the tender age of 23 someone in the bizz offered to give Hathaway Botox injections, which she promptly refused - "From the age of 25 to 27 - and this is a little embarrassing to admit - I looked under my eyes every single day [for lines and creases]." Even so, Hathaway manages to look on the bright side of things - "...Then I realized the other day they're not wrinkles; they're smile lines."

After experiencing such insecurities for years, Hathaway now understands that happiness doesn't rely on how one looks. She just recently married Adam Shulman in September, a man who loves and accepts her for who she truly is, and she cannot wait to start a life and family with him - "I feel like I've found my other half, and I'm so excited about getting to love him for the rest of our lives," Hathaway exclaims to the fashion mag. "I would never have gotten married if it weren't for him. You have to want to be married to someone. You have to feel that reciprocated. Marriage for marriage's sake doesn't make any sense to me, and I found someone with whom I could put my money where my mouth is, I guess... He's a good man. He's beyond intelligent. He loves fearlessly. His beliefs are beautiful. He's my best friend. I love him," she continues. "I just feel that I have the greatest husband in the world for me."

Hathaway's last words of advice and wisdom - "There's no magic bullet; there's no pill that you take that makes everything great and makes you happy all the time... I'm letting go of those expectations, and that's opening me up to moments of transcendent bliss."

(Les Miserables hits theaters Christmas Day, Dec. 25).

To check out Hathaway's "Vogue" exclusive, where she discusses the physical and emotional trials of "Les Miserables," go here.