Vanessa Hudgens Reveals Oscar Aspirations

By PopEater Staff Posted Aug 11th 2009 04:40PM

She may be done with 'High School Musical,' but Vanessa Hudgens isn't quite done with music-heavy movies set in high school.

Hitting theaters Friday, 'Bandslam' marks the Teen Queen's first feature film since the global phenomenom that was the 'HSM' franchise. In the coming-of-age comedy, Hudgens plays a loner named Sa5m (the 5 is silent) who learns to open up and rock out.

Amid the media frenzy surrounding her post-'HSM' career, the Disney alum chatted with Moviefone about kissing co-stars, whether she'd prefer an Oscar or a Grammy ... and what she has to say to celebrity bloggers.

On kissing co-star Gaelan Connell:
"The kissing with Gaelan was awesome. I loved the scene. I thought it was so funny. It was very choreographed and, yeah, it was very fun. I'm happy with the way it turned out."

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On whether she'd rather win an Oscar or Grammy:
"An Oscar, for sure. I feel like acting is something I've been working towards longer. And it would be great to win a Grammy, of course, but for some reason, an Oscar speaks more to me."

Her response to celebrity bloggers:
"I think I'm a cool girl. But now because I'm saying that they're going to say I'm conceited, see? That's just the way it is [laughs]. I don't know, I think I'm a very laid back, go-with-the-flow person. At the same time I'm passionate about what I do, so I have strong feelings towards that, but, yeah, I'm totally chill."

Read the full interview on Moviefone.

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