The 28-year-old says she was shocked when Raffaello Follieri, her boyfriend of four years was sent to jail for four-and-a-half years for fraud and money laundering, reported Femalefirst.
"People deal with horrible things all the time. Downstairs in this pub, someone is battling cancer. Someone has lost their job. I think it`s unusual for someone in a position of prominence to go through something like that, but it`s not really unusual in life. Life is really painful sometimes," Hathaway said.
The Devil Wears Prada star, who is now in a relationship with actor Adam Shulman says she is looking forward to turning 29 later this year as she thinks it marks the beginning of a new phase in her life.
"I think it`s the beginning of a process that really blossoms when you hit 30. It`s where you stop apologising for who you are. And it`s knowing things. It`s nice to not know things and that`s okay. People aren`t going to judge you for asking questions. That`s such a freedom," she said.