Miley Cyrus praises 'successful' boyfriend

12 March 2010Miley Cyrus likes her boyfriend because he's not using her to get famous.

The 17-year-old singer-and-actress confirmed she was dating Australian actor Liam Hemsworth last week. At the time, she declared their relationship to be "deeper" than most people's and has now revealed she is so attracted to him because he is already famous in his own right.

"I feel like I've been with people before, both in the public eye and out of the public eye, that may need something from me," the teen idol told KIIS FM radio in Phoenix.

"He's not like that. He was already successful, he was already cast in the movie, he didn't need me for that. He doesn't need me to make him famous. He's got his career and his goals and that's awesome."

Miley and Liam star opposite each other in new romantic comedy The Last Song. She is "super-stoked" about the film and hopes it will show people how talented she is.

"I hope that for the first time people will take me seriously," she said. "I may not be the best singer in the world, but I don't lip synch, I'm honest. I'm honest in acting too - I'm going to chose roles I like. I'm doing what I like, people that are dogging me probably aren't which is why they're down on me. I want to tell them 'go get a hobby!' " © Cover Media