Zac Efron is featured in the October 2008 issue of Teen Vogue and the actor opens up about his thoughts on fame.

On High School Musical 3: “The stakes are higher, because there are real decisions to be made. What college are you going to? What happens to the girl? It’s fun, watching Troy grow into a man.”

On fame: “You don’t realize until it’s gone, but it is so important to feel normal, I’m growing up under a magnifying glass, and I just try to rise above it and live my life. I’m not going to complain. But it’s something I’m learning to cope with.”

On starring in the upcoming movie Seventeen: “It was hard to play someone that I couldn’t relate to in the slightest, but the director taught me a lot about the art of acting, which I hadn’t been schooled in before. I’ve got a better understanding of what it means to be an actor now.”