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"I have experienced first-hand and I know how lonely life — and it is not just Hollywood — can be," Gellar told Pop Tarts while promoting her latest crime/drama "The Air I Breathe."
"It's hard. You are constantly someone else and it is hard spending your life being someone else and projecting an image to really find yourself. It's tough."
Although Sarah plays a character called Sorrow in the new flick alongside Brendan Fraser, Andy Garcia and Kevin Bacon, she uses her star status to bring a starry smile to others.
During her travels as an ambassador for CARE to poverty-stricken places, the Tinseltown tiny experiences the exact opposite of sorrow when she wanders in war zones.
"When I travel to these remote places, I feel pleasure and happiness and helping these young girls — in America we are such a gluttonous society, and seeing the way these people appreciate everything is such an exciting time," she said. "Sorrow is when I come back."
But how does the wife of Freddie Prinze Jr. really feel about being named Maxim's 2008 Woman of the Year?
"It's so far removed. I was at the airport newsstand and people were looking back and forth and then went "Nah, it's not her" — but it is still a great honor," Gellar said. "And I get to lord it over my friends, which is fun."
