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Considered as one of the most famous teens of her generation, Miley Cyrus says she prefers to be called a role model instead of an idol. "If you look at me as a role model I agree with it, but if you look at me as an idol, I don't. An idol for me is someone you want to replicate, you want to be them and I don't wish that on anyone to lose what they have personally," explained the 16-year-old Disney star while promoting her big screen flick, "Hannah Montana: The Movie," on Monday, March 30.

"What I think people like about me is that I don't try to change, I haven't let what I do for a living become my life and completely affect me. What I do in my personal life isn't necessarily meant to be reported but that doesn't mean it's not going to be," she continued. "I'm going to make mistakes and I wouldn't trade that for anything because I always say the minute you stop making mistakes is the minute you stop learning," she added.

Miley furthermore stated, "I never want to disappoint people and my decisions sometimes not only disappoint other people, but disappoint myself as well. If I don't then, all of a sudden I am not real and then you really can't look up to me."

Also addressing on the judgment that people often address to her, Miley explained, "People are always saying I'm over-working and overexposed and that's what I want is all the attention but that's not what I want at all. I can't help it if there are 40 photographers outside my house -- I try to keep my life as private as I can. If I had known coming into this that I would have all those photographers outside my house I might have given it all a second thought."