Ashley Greene has learned how to "cope" with being in the spotlight.

The American actress is famed for her role as Alice Cullen in the hugely successful Twilight Saga. The 24-year-old star has admitted that working on the hit film series has forced her to grow up and deal with her huge fan base.

"I think I've learned how to cope with it better," she said in an interview with Collider.com. "And I think that I've grown up a little. I was 20 when we started and now I'm 24, and there is a lot of growing up to do between those ages, so I think that's part of it. Part of it is just learning about myself and how to handle certain occasions.

"But, it's not really something that you ever really get used to, to my knowledge."

Ashley credits her family with helping her to stay grounded in the face of so much exposure.

The brunette beauty confessed that she needs her friends to take her away from the intense fan following and to keep her feeling normal.

"Maybe my family is a big part of that too, because they keep me very grounded," she explained.

"My friends and my family are my rock, and they're the ones who have been there from the beginning. Nothing has changed between myself and my family, and myself and my friends. That keeps you grounded and nailed down to reality, and it forces you to not be able to get used to something like that."

Ashley is currently starring in the most recent instalment - The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part One. The second part of the film and the final part of the hit series will be out next year.