Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth The Last Song Press Conference

How is life for you post-Twitter now?
Miley Cyrus: "I’m on my phone a lot less. I’m a little bit more social. I have a lot more real friends, than friends that I’m talking to on the Internet. That’s not cool, not safe, not fun and most likely not real. Everything is just better when you’re not so wrapped up in that. I just think it’s kind of lame.

I feel like I hang out with my friends and they’re so busy taking pictures of what they’re doing to put on Facebook that they’re not really enjoying what they’re doing. You’re going to look back and have 10 million pictures, but not be in one of them because you weren’t having fun. You were too busy clicking away. You have to just enjoy the moment you’re in for yourself and stop telling people about it. Just enjoy it yourself."

Do you know that you sound like someone’s mom by saying that?

Miley Cyrus: "Yeah, I do. I’m telling kids not to be on the Internet. It’s dangerous. It’s not fun. It wastes your life. You should just be outside playing sports, instead of sitting in front of any type of screen."

How do you know when you’re falling in love, and how do you know when it’s just a crush?

Miley Cyrus: "I get so embarrassed. That’s so awkward. When you’re trying to play it cool and you’re like, 'Oh, I won’t text back for the next hour,' that’s when you know it’s actually serious. The games are so stupid.

It’s just like, 'Oh, he called, but I’m not going to call back until tomorrow.' It’s just so stupid. It gets confusing. When you’re over-thinking it, you must really like somebody."

Liam Hemsworth: "When you meet each other’s parents, it must be real."

Miley Cyrus: "My parents are a little loco, so if you love me and my family, which has five kids, my mom, my dad, my grandma and about 10,000 dogs, after you meet my lifestyle, then you’re good. You’re a keeper."

Miley, what’s coming up for you with your music?

Miley Cyrus: "Right now, I’m just finishing up my record, which will come out towards the end of the summer. I’m really excited about that. After doing this film, it was kind of like a test for me to decide what I really wanted to do, and I love making movies. That’s what I want to pursue. It’s not that I don’t love music. I love music. If every film could have music, I would do that. But, I feel like I just need to get away from that for a little while. It’s my security blanket and I don’t want to always fall back on that. I just feel like the music industry is so contrived and political right now. If people stepped away and said, 'We’re not going to work like this. It’s more about our art than the politics,' then maybe it would go back to being respected again. Right now, I just feel like it’s lost a lot of respect. I’d rather be in this industry that I feel like I can be different in, and do things that really inspire me."

Will you continue to play piano?

Miley Cyrus: "I’d like to continue to play piano. I have a little bit. I’d like to learn different styles, like classical. Getting into that style of music was not something I thought I would be into, so that was cool."

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The Last Song is rated PG for thematic material, some violence, sensuality and mild language and hits theaters on March 31, 2010.