Sandra Soundbites

Sandra says that being a star has killed her love life: "I can't help but think that men might only be interested in me because I'm famous. You don't know what their intention is. It's a frightening thing and I'm not very trusting in that area anyway. I was devastated when my high school sweetheart cheated on me, and I've never really got over it."

Sandra loves Salsa dancing: "I feel sexiest when you give me a dance floor, a great R&B tune, a partner I really click with, when I get sweaty and dance all night. That to me is the sexiest thing in the whole world, because dancing makes me feel free. At the end of every week I throw on a pair of jeans, take my hair down, and find someplace just to dance, even if it's by myself. That's my therapy. The only thing is that it has to be great music. I stick to R&B and soul, funk and salsa. As a kid I did ballet, but it was too reserved. Now I love slow, rhythmic songs; my favourite song in the whole world is D'Angelo's "Brown Sugar". When that comes on, everyone knows to back off, because I get into Sandy's world and I'm gone. Actually, when I'm dancing, every tune is Sandy time, and anyone who wants can come along. Even on location, my trailer is always full, and always rocking."

Sandra on men: "There's something sexy about a gut, not a 400-pound beer gut, but a little paunch"

Sandra on the Internet: "When I first got on the Net, I could never get anyone to respond. And I'd feel like: 'Hello, Hello! Doesn't what I have to say matter to anyone out there?'"

Sandra on director Jan De Bont, who fought with Fox to cast her in Speed: "The guy inspires to create or to kill. In the middle of the film you ask everybody if they'd work with Jan again and it's, like, 'No. Never again.' And I'm, like, 'You know what? Y'all would.' "

Sandra on her school days: "I had a tendency to talk back a lot. I got kicked out of a lot of classes for questioning authority."

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