Ashley Tisdale: Big Apple Babe

Her HSM co-stars Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens are already back in LA, but it seems Ashley Tisdale isn’t quite ready to say goodbye to New York City yet.

The “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” actress was spotted with her Multipoo Maui as they arrived at their Manhattan hotel, where an overzealous shutterbug tripped backwards and ended up on the ground.

And like the lady that she is, Ashley expressed concern for the downed paparazzo, asking, “Are you alright? Oh My God!” Thankfully everyone was fine, and Miss Tisdale went on her way.

In a recent interview, Ashley explained that, though she’s pretty much the polar opposite of her HSM character Sharpay, she can still relate to her. “I think the thing I can relate to is that she is really driven and she likes to perform. I feel that at an early age I've already known what I've wanted, and she always knows what she wants and she goes out there and gets it. We just do it two different ways.”

Tisdale also revealed that she’s just getting started, career-wise. “I have a Fox movie feature coming out in January. It's called, "They Came From Upstairs." It's an action comedy and I'm real excited because it's different than "HSM3." It was a great experience.”

“I am producing as well. I'm learning and being creative with all these different projects, and I'm hopefully going to make other kids' dreams come true as mine have. I'm doing my second album. I'm recording it right now. It probably will be released maybe in February. I have a lot of creative control over it. I co-write and record nonstop. I just want to take my time on it because it's so important to me.”

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Enjoy the pictures of Ashley Tisdale returning to her NYC hotel (October 23).