Q: Congratulations on your single going platinum.
A: Thank you! I'm so excited. I couldn't believe it. I think it's a goal for every artist. We just want our musik to be heard in every part of the world. I'm just so excited that people are hearing these lyrics and this song.
Q: Your lyrics are very uplifting, similar to songs written oleh Katy Perry, Pink, and Justin Bieber. Is this a trend, where pop songs are skewing in a lebih positive direction?
A: Well, I cinta that, and I hope that it continues to happen because musik just affects people's feelings. It brings out emotions in anda and makes anda happy and sad. I'm thrilled that we have an array of powerful songs out right now.
Q: Monte Carlo is one of the first films released this summer for girls. And the season is pretty much dominated oleh blockbusters aimed at teenage boys, from superhero films to transformers sequels. Does that frustrate you?
A: No, that doesn't bother me at all. I mean, I get it. I cinta those movies, and I enjoy them with my friends, as well. But I think that what's exciting about Monte Carlo is it's presented in contrast to all of those films. I feel like it's going to be a fun movie for girlfriends to go to with their moms. It's a sweet simple movie. It never gets too loud! If anything, I'm doing it for all of my girls. The sci-fi film can get all of the boys, so long as Monte Carlo gets all of the girls.
Q: When anda jumped from "Wizards of Waverly Place" to your first feature film, Ramona & Beezus, did anda notice a drastic difference between working in televisi and film?
A: Oh, it's so different. Especially when anda come from a four-camera sitcom. We'd bang out our tampil in front of a live audience, and I guess it became kind of easy. But on a film, anda are working 14-hour days every day. Sometimes anda are working nights. Your whole life is spent on either a soundstage atau a set. It's definitely different, but I enjoy both a lot, and I had a great time on Monte Carlo.
Q: anda shot in some strange locations.
A: Well, most of the film was actually shot in Hungary, which was really cool. There were certain parts of Hungary that actually resembled Paris. We also shot in Paris for four days, and then wrapped in Monte Carlo. I'd been to Paris before, but had never been to Monte Carlo atau Budapest.
Q: That would scare me a little. I'm not sure I could handle that culture shock.
A: No, it wasn't at all. It was really beautiful. The people were nice, and the food was fantastic. I had a great time.
Q: OK, anda have to fake a British accent and play polo in this film. Which presented the greater challenge?
A: Definitely polo. [Laughs] I mean, I'm an actress. I don't have a horse background. I may be from Texas, but my part of the state doesn't have horses. It was very funny for everyone else, because I really wasn't very good at it at all. I loved riding the horse. I was just terrible at the game of polo.
Q: But anda are great at Twitter. You're coming up on 6 million followers, and yet anda only follow 600 people. What does it take to get Selena Gomez to follow anda on Twitter?
A: Here's the thing about that. I want to follow my fans. But I'm always usually on Twitter tweeting and talking to my fans, and whenever I read their "@ replies," I'm inspired oleh them so I'll quickly follow them. But I never get the chance to sit there and hit the "follow" button on all of the people who have such nice things to say to me. I would cinta to follow everybody. But I do want them to know I appreciate everything that is sent.
Q: So that's you. It's not an assistant monitoring your Twitter feed.
A: Not at all! I cinta being able to talk to my fans. That's all me!
A: Thank you! I'm so excited. I couldn't believe it. I think it's a goal for every artist. We just want our musik to be heard in every part of the world. I'm just so excited that people are hearing these lyrics and this song.
Q: Your lyrics are very uplifting, similar to songs written oleh Katy Perry, Pink, and Justin Bieber. Is this a trend, where pop songs are skewing in a lebih positive direction?
A: Well, I cinta that, and I hope that it continues to happen because musik just affects people's feelings. It brings out emotions in anda and makes anda happy and sad. I'm thrilled that we have an array of powerful songs out right now.
Q: Monte Carlo is one of the first films released this summer for girls. And the season is pretty much dominated oleh blockbusters aimed at teenage boys, from superhero films to transformers sequels. Does that frustrate you?
A: No, that doesn't bother me at all. I mean, I get it. I cinta those movies, and I enjoy them with my friends, as well. But I think that what's exciting about Monte Carlo is it's presented in contrast to all of those films. I feel like it's going to be a fun movie for girlfriends to go to with their moms. It's a sweet simple movie. It never gets too loud! If anything, I'm doing it for all of my girls. The sci-fi film can get all of the boys, so long as Monte Carlo gets all of the girls.
Q: When anda jumped from "Wizards of Waverly Place" to your first feature film, Ramona & Beezus, did anda notice a drastic difference between working in televisi and film?
A: Oh, it's so different. Especially when anda come from a four-camera sitcom. We'd bang out our tampil in front of a live audience, and I guess it became kind of easy. But on a film, anda are working 14-hour days every day. Sometimes anda are working nights. Your whole life is spent on either a soundstage atau a set. It's definitely different, but I enjoy both a lot, and I had a great time on Monte Carlo.
Q: anda shot in some strange locations.
A: Well, most of the film was actually shot in Hungary, which was really cool. There were certain parts of Hungary that actually resembled Paris. We also shot in Paris for four days, and then wrapped in Monte Carlo. I'd been to Paris before, but had never been to Monte Carlo atau Budapest.
Q: That would scare me a little. I'm not sure I could handle that culture shock.
A: No, it wasn't at all. It was really beautiful. The people were nice, and the food was fantastic. I had a great time.
Q: OK, anda have to fake a British accent and play polo in this film. Which presented the greater challenge?
A: Definitely polo. [Laughs] I mean, I'm an actress. I don't have a horse background. I may be from Texas, but my part of the state doesn't have horses. It was very funny for everyone else, because I really wasn't very good at it at all. I loved riding the horse. I was just terrible at the game of polo.
Q: But anda are great at Twitter. You're coming up on 6 million followers, and yet anda only follow 600 people. What does it take to get Selena Gomez to follow anda on Twitter?
A: Here's the thing about that. I want to follow my fans. But I'm always usually on Twitter tweeting and talking to my fans, and whenever I read their "@ replies," I'm inspired oleh them so I'll quickly follow them. But I never get the chance to sit there and hit the "follow" button on all of the people who have such nice things to say to me. I would cinta to follow everybody. But I do want them to know I appreciate everything that is sent.
Q: So that's you. It's not an assistant monitoring your Twitter feed.
A: Not at all! I cinta being able to talk to my fans. That's all me!
The three of them got to make a movie and go on a sweet vacation.
The crew got a chance to spend two months overseas shooting in some of the most spectacular places in the world.
The cast filmed in several locations, including France, Monaco and Hungary, which was a first for Sel.
"It was really cool to experience all those places for the first time," Sel said.
Out of all those places, Paris was their favorit destination.
"We got up in the Eiffel Tower," berkata Leighton, "But it wasn't just go up for a trip, we got there all alone. It was just us at 5 a.m. when the sun was just rising. It was really beautiful."
"We rented out the Eiffel Tower, no big deal,"said Sel, joking. But seriously, who gets to rent the Eiffel Tower?