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" HOW HAS YOUR CHARACTER, GABRIELLA MONTEZ, GROWN UP IN HSM2? Gabriella was way more timid in the first one. In this film, she breaks out of her shell and is more comfortable with herself, just hanging out and having fun. She&amp;#039;s all about the now, like I am! Also, she makes a big decision about a relationship and it hurts her, but she knows that&amp;#039;s what&amp;#039;s best for her. YOU LIVED ON YOUR OWN FOR THE FIRST TIME WHILE FILMING HSM2. HOW WAS THAT? I missed my mom doing my laundry and cooking for me, all that nice stuff. And I have such a big imagination that I freaked myself out. When I would go to sleep, I would literally leave all the lights on in my living room and kitchen and would keep the bedroom door open. I&amp;#039;m fortunate that I&amp;#039;m so close to everybody on the movie \u2014 we looked out for each other. I&amp;#039;m growing up, and I need to learn to live on my own eventually. I definitely don&amp;#039;t want to move out of my family&amp;#039;s home quite yet, but it was cool to get a taste of it! WHAT&amp;#039;S THE CRAZIEST THING YOU&amp;#039;VE EVER DONE? Zac [Efron] got me a really cool electric scooter for Christmas because I like to ride on bikes and things like that. We were bored one day and decided to attach a jump rope to my scooter so I could pull him on his skateboard behind me. The scooter was going as fast as it could around the streets of my neighborhood. And every time I&amp;#039;d stop, we&amp;#039;d both crash! It was so fun, though. WHAT&amp;#039;S THE STRANGEST THING YOU&amp;#039;VE EVER RECEIVED FROM A FAN? Some fan mail comes with weird stuff, like guys sending pictures of themselves professing their love for you-nothing bad. Not to be conceited or anything, but I kind of grew up with that. Once I turned 13, I was the guy magnet. A good amount of the guys wanted to date me. Even older guys looking at me. It took some getting used to. Every now and then, you&amp;#039;re just like, &amp;quot;What on earth?&amp;quot; I remember walking down the street to the mall and there was a fireman driving a truck. He sees me and he sticks his head out of the window, turns his head around, and is staring at me while he is driving the ginormous fire truck. I&amp;#039;m like, don&amp;#039;t you want to keep your eyes on the road? It was weird because my dad was a fireman, so I personally don&amp;#039;t think firefighters are hot. WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE YOUR 11-YEAR-OLD SISTER, STELLA, ABOUT DATING? Good boys are nice \u2014 don&amp;#039;t go for the bad ones! But I think with dating, you [have to] live and learn. That&amp;#039;s the only way you can do it. You can try to avoid the wrong situation or the wrong person, but no matter what, you have to go through the drama [yourself]. Fortunately, Stella&amp;#039;s not that boy-crazy yet, but she&amp;#039;s getting asked out a lot. A 14-year-old asked her out the other day and she was like, &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m 11!&amp;quot;  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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