Hollywood superstar Julia Roberts said Tuesday she feels the starlets of today have a much harder time than she ever did, with every little detail of their lives splashed over the front pages.

The 41-year-old "Pretty Woman" and "Notting Hill" star told German celebrity magazine Bunte in an interview: "I am often aware of how much harder it is for young women in Hollywood today."

"I am so relieved and feel so privileged that I am beyond that," added Roberts, who hit the big time when she starred opposite Richard Gere in "Pretty Woman" at the age of 22.

The mother-of-three, who returned to the screen last month in the espionage caper "Duplicity", said her priorities had changed enormously since having children. "Every day I have to... put on puppet shows and read endless stories," she said.

Married to 40-year-old cameraman Danny Moder, Roberts has twins Hazel and Phinnaeus, both four, and Henry, aged one and a half.

She won an Oscar in 2001 for "Erin Brockovich." In "Duplicity" she plays a spy alongside her "Closer" partner Clive Owen.

Source: AFP