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OK, let's move on to a less gloomy subject. Did you go to New York a boy and come back a man?
Er … No, no. I think I became a man much, much before I went to New York.
OK. So how old were you when you lost your virginity?
I think I must have been 15.
Fifteen! And how old was your girlfriend?
She was 15, too. I was seeing someone really seriously for two years.
You grew up pretty fast.
Yeah, I think so [laughs].
ou were 18 when you went to New York. What was the ratio between partying and studying?
Oh, it was all partying, yaar. Honestly, I led quite a debauched lifestyle over there. It's the first time you taste freedom – and it's New York City at the end of it. So it was great, but I guess it also teaches you a lot about your responsibilities, because I realized that I did a lot of things I shouldn't have done.
Like what?
It could be really embarrassing things… you know – alcohol or drugs or any of that sort. I have done it all, but I think I now have a more balanced idea of what's important and what's not important. And how important a career is, and how important your health is, and how important discipline is.
So were you going a bit overboard on the booze and drugs?
I wasn't going overboard, but… it's just that I did things which I don't think I should have done.
Can you give me an example? And be honest.
Wow, there are so many! Like I said, it was probably getting drunk, not going to class in the morning, neglecting my work.
Come on, that's not so bad – every student does that.
I think this is as bad as I can say right now. I'll have to tell you other things off the record [laughs].
So you say you've done it all – let's check them off the list. Marijuana, cocaine… ?
Well, there was marijuana...
Ecstasy… ?
No, I didn't get in that deep. But there was marijuana, there was alcohol, I started smoking cigarettes.
So you avoided the harder drugs?
That's something I'd never ever touch.
Why's that?
I guess because of exposure. I understand what those drugs do to a person.
You've seen people around you doing that stuff?
Absolutely. I have plenty of friends who are into stuff like that. And it never attracted me, I never really longed for such a high.
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