Miley Cyrus Keeps Faith and Family to Stay Straight

Fri, 22 February 2008 22:42:48 ET

The 'Hannah Montana' star shares her tips to fellow Hollywood young stars about how to remain sober and trouble-less.

The fact that she's also a teen made Miley Cyrus wanting to share some wise words to her peers. The "Hannah Montana" star talked to renown chat show host Barbara Walters, giving her opinions and strategies on how she is not distracted by the Hollywood drug, sex and booze culture.

The 15-year-old insisted that keeping faith and staying close to family prove an effective way to stay in the main road. She said, "Some people don't have a family to fall back on, like I have, and that's when something greater than even that comes in - and that's faith and that's what I have for me. That's what keeps me strong."

Cyrus is also dishing out that there things far more important that going to parties. "I think a lot of these people do have Christian families but they're not seeing that they're so much greater than the materialistic things right now like parties," she explained. "The people that you wanna hold onto are the people that tell you the truth and that's your family (even though) they can be a bit harsh."

In the same show, the actress also revealed that she receives little freedom from her parents and that she needs more true friends. "They're protective for sure," she said. "My mom is more strict than my dad. You want to keep your closed circle of friends. And sometimes my mom is saying, 'I have a bad vibe about this person. She needs to hang out with you when I'm around just to keep you safe.'"

The interview is part of Walter's Oscar special to be broadcast on February 24 at 7 P.M. EST on ABC. Cyrus is tapped as one of the presenters at the 80th Academy Awards event, joining Cameron Diaz, Nicole Kidman and other A-List actors.

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