NAME: It�s really Madonna. Madonna Ciccone. I never became aware that it was such an unusual name until I moved to New York and started getting my name on programmes; people assumed it was a stage name.
ANY NICKNAMES? My father called me Nonny � I think that�s how I said my name when I was little. I gave myself a graffiti tag too: �Boy Toy�.
BORN: In Detroit. What year? Why do I have to tell everybody that all the time?
FIRST CONCERT: David Bowie at Cobo Hall in Detroit. Oh, it was the most marvellous thing I�d ever done in my life! I was punished severely for going.
PREVIOUS OCCUPATIONS: Before this blasphemous job? I worked at Burger King and McDonald�s and was a lifeguard and scooped ice cream. I was once a painter�s model: I took all my clothes off and they pretended to draw my body artistically.
FIRST CRUSH: The first boy I ever loved was Ronny Howard in the fifth grade class. He had real white-blond hair and sky blue eyes. He was so beautiful. I wrote his name all over my sneakers and on the playground I used to take off the top part of my uniform and chase him around.
DREAM HOLIDAY: One where I�m not arguing with anybody. Somewhere where it�s warm but not disgustingly boring.
IS THERE ANYONE YOU�D RATHER HAVE HAD YOUR FIRST SCREEN SNOG WITH THAN ROBERT JOY (IN DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN)? Vince Spano (�hunky� Italian star of Baby It�s You and other fine films). Vince Spano is such a dreamboat. Or Sam Shepard (American playwright and actor).
DO YOU DO ANY EXERCISE? I swim 100 laps every day. That�s over a mile.
WHICH TV SHOW WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO STAR IN? Dynasty. I�d like to play the girl who made Alexis feel like a fool. I�d like to trip her up.
WHAT IRRITATES YOU MOST? I hate polite conversation. I hate it when people stand around and go �Hi, how are you?� I hate words that don�t have any reason or meaning. Also I hate it when people smoke in elevators and closed-in places. It�s just so rude.
WHAT�S YOUR LEAST FAVOURITE EXPRESSION? �Where�s the beef?� I�m sick of it � purlease!
DO YOU LIKE SARDINES? I love sardines in the can with mustard. But I take their spines out and their tails off.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF SIR WILLIAM IDOL? Who? Oh. I was considering doing a song with Billy Idol, if you can believe it. That would have been good because we�re both white and plastic and blond.
WHAT�S, LIKE, THE WEIRDEST GIFT YOU�VE EVER HAD FROM A FAN? I only get normal things like flowers, candy, toys and jewellery, but I get strange letters because of my name. I got a letter from a girl who believes she�s the second coming of Christ and since I�m Madonna we have to be together.
WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH? I don�t like jokes so much. The things that make me laugh are people�s idiosyncracies and expressions.
DO YOU THINK YOU�LL EVER WRITE A BOOK? Maybe. I do write a lot. It would be a searing love story, probably semi-autobiographical, you know, because it�s best to draw on your personal experiences.
FAVOURITE HEAVY METAL SONG? Oh, gee, I don�t really listen to it anymore and even when I was little I hated it too.
WHAT�S YOUR FAVOURITE HAT? A sailor�s cap in navy blue. I just took it off. I was wearing it all day but it was giving me a headache.
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