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 música 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 por Katy Perry, Pink, and Justin Bieber. Is this a trend, where pop songs are skewing in a mais positive direction?

A: Well, I amor that, and I hope that it continues to happen because música just affects people's feelings. It brings out emotions in you and makes you 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 por 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 amor 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 filmes can get all of the boys, so long as Monte Carlo gets all of the girls.

Q: When you jumped from "Wizards of Waverly Place" to your first feature film, Ramona & Beezus, did you notice a drastic difference between working in televisão and film?

A: Oh, it's so different. Especially when you come from a four-camera sitcom. We'd bang out our show in front of a live audience, and I guess it became kind of easy. But on a film, you are working 14-hour days every day. Sometimes you are working nights. Your whole life is spent on either a soundstage or a set. It's definitely different, but I enjoy both a lot, and I had a great time on Monte Carlo.

Q: You 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 or 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 comida was fantastic. I had a great time.

Q: OK, you 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 you are great at Twitter. You're coming up on 6 million followers, and yet you only follow 600 people. What does it take to get Selena Gomez to follow you 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 por 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 amor 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 amor being able to talk to my fans. That's all me!