FAMILY: Three brothers - Mark, Alan (both older) and Tony (younger), one sister - Michelle. Two nephews - Brandon and Jordan. BEFORE BOYZONE: Stephen has been acting and modelling since the age of 16. He made a brief appearance at the beginning of The Commitments and discovered his singing talents while doing karaoke at a Butlins holiday camp! His jobs before Boyzone include being a barman at Dublin's Olympia Theatre, and a sales assistant at Makullas clothes store, just off Dublin's Grafton Street. FIRST RECORD EVER BOUGHT: If Only I Could by Sydney Youngblood FAVOURITE MEAL: Chicken curry BEST THING ABOUT BEING IN BOYZONE Color : "Getting to meet people and travelling the world" SHANE ON STEPHEN: "He's a very very sound bloke, very nice. Just be careful you don't upset him..." RONAN ON STEPHEN: "Meself and Steo always have a laugh, we're always laughing. We can laugh about anything, meself and Steve" KEITH ON STEPHEN: "He's small, cute, very friendly, quite insecure and very private..." MIKEY ON STEPHEN: "He's a very gentle kind of person" FIRST TIME I REALISED I WAS FAMOUS: "It was quite early on. I was in Dublin library and some girls came up to me and asked for my autograph. It was a really weird thing actually - it was really exciting. I must have written a whole essay on their pieces of paper!" ON BOYZONE FANS: "Our fans are brilliant - they're always there to meet us at the airport and hotels. I know we always say this but we really are grateful for their support. They don't go too far - because they've got too much respect." EARLIEST CHILDHOOD MEMORY: "A sweet shop that my friend's mother owned. I was in there all the time when I was young!" THREE MOST ESSENTIAL ITEMS IF STRANDED ON A DESERT ISLAND: A Walkman, a book and his Mum! HE LOVES: Disney and West End musicals BIGGEST AMBITION: He always wanted to sing on a Disney soundtrack - now he's done that he wants to star in a Disney movie! |