Samantha Mumba Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

All I say is that I don't go out with famous men.

All I want to do when I have time off is to have a laugh with my school friends and go down the pub.

But I'm not crazy about the designers like Prada and Gucci. I hate going into designer stores.

But I've had to act and not depend on my voice so much.

Free time doesn't exist right now! If I get a couple days off, I'll fly back home maybe or fly friends out. I'll go shopping or to the pictures.

I don't have a big game plan: it's just going along with everything that happens.

I don't know if I want to be a diva. To me a diva is someone fabulous and glamorous but they often have bad reputations.

I don't take the music business that seriously so I won't be forgetting reality.

I have a nice hot shower when I get in then I slip into my pajamas, make dinner and cuddle up in a blanket on the sofa.

I haven't been on a date in ages. I've been seeing guys and have had relationships. I don't tell the press though.

I love pampering myself when I'm alone.

I loved being behind the scenes and finding out how they make movies.

I mean, when I'm performing, I'm up on-stage and it's me being me, and that's when I'm happiest, expressing myself and my music.

I'm based in London now. I'm renting an apartment, making my own little home. It's great because I am around people all the time and I need my own space to get away from it all.

I'm having a great time. It's like I'm on some ridiculous big roller coaster not knowing what's happening next, but just having a great time on the ride.

I'm not into the whole showbiz scene.

I'm really starting to think everything happens for a reason.

I'm very picky, and I'm never 100% happy with the work I do; I hate watching myself and hearing my voice.

People watch me, waiting for me to slip up, so my privacy has gone - but that's a price you pay.

Shopping is my favourite thing - my last bout of retail therapy was two weeks ago.

The one linking me with Eminem was so weird - I only met him for 10 minutes.

There are a lot of female artists my age around at the moment, but they're all American and blonde and blue-eyed and smiley. I'm totally the opposite of that. I want to show a bit more attitude and I have an opinion.

There's been a lot offers, but I haven't done any more screen-testing yet. So I'm going to have a meeting with management and make a plan.

When I'm acting, I'm getting dressed up and playing somebody completely different.

When I'm out with a group I hide in the corner and get legless. I just make sure my friends shield me.

You don't just do a movie every day.

Trivia

Her first major film was the remake of The Time Machine.