Christina Milian: For both of them he’s like ‘Ewww’. Of course he wants me to only have a crush on him. He thinks it’s interesting. He’s obviously afraid of me running away with Brad Pitt and the Steven Tyler thing is interesting. I became a groupie once I met him. He’s got this thing on stage that’s really hot. It’s totally different than when you just look at him on television.

B: Who are some actors you would like to work with?

CM: The actors I would like to work with are Julia Roberts, just because I’ve admired her work for a long time, and well, Brad Pitt. I think you know my reasons. Then, I really enjoy Scarlett Johansson. I like her. She’s young. We’re around the same age range and I could see us possibly working together in the future. And, Keira Knightley, I really like her too. I enjoy watching a lot of people my age right now and, of course, the people that I’ve always admired but I’m kind of more realistic in who I probably will work with.

B: How hard was it breaking into the music industry as a teenager?

CM: I’ve been offered the bad record deals that basically sign away my life, sign away my publishing, but, luckily, I didn’t sign them. My protector was my mother. Her name is Carmen Milian and she’s my manager. Before getting into music we actually educated ourselves and I went to college for music as a business and learned the business side and she read a lot of books.

B: What advice would you have to someone wanting to follow in your footsteps?

CM: My advice to someone to follow in my footsteps is to have patience. I’ve been doing this for twelve years. To focus, because I’m very extremely focused. I enjoy my fun time and everything like that, but I love what I do. It took a long time even for me to have gotten where I am right now, so patience.

B: What’s next for you on the music front?

CM: I started back in the studio at the end of March and working on my sophomore album.

B: What do you think is the key to being cool?

CM: To me, it’s just being comfortable with you. When I think of the definition of cool and when I look at people, John Travolta is really the definition of cool because, not only is he great in all his movies, but, as a person, he’s just really cool. He’s comforting. He’s humble and it’s nice to see that. As long as you’re comfortable with yourself, that’s cool.

B: What is your personal taste in music?

CM: It’s a little bit of everything. I have a huge variety I was raised on. I’m Cuban, so we listen to salsa and meringue in the house as well as R&B. I grew up on Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, the Motown oldies, the Beatles, Elvis. As far as my next album, I’d like to make more of an urban crossover. Vocally, I’d really like to push myself on this next one because, in the past, I’m more of a performer. I get to work with people like Jay-Z and L.A. Reed now on my next album because I’m signed to Island Def Jam so it’s going to be a nice collaborative effort between all three of use.

B: If you could reinvent yourself like Chili Palmer does in the movie, what are the things you would change?

CM: If I could reinvent myself I would probably go all out and learn how to play the drums and the guitar and all that stuff and be a rock band. I don’t know why, It sounds weird. I would probably go out and do something grungy and different like that.

B: If you could plan the ideal date, what would you want to do?

CM: Gosh, my ideal date ­ it has to be really spontaneous. I like doing arts and crafts, so I would probably go to one of those fun little ceramic places and go paint some plates and do something fun like that, and then after that, just drive around the town, just quiet, even if it was in the middle of the night where it’s just quiet, and just get to know somebody and just talk. I like doing simple things like that, just driving around and talking and maybe park at the beach and hang out at the beach and talk.