Kate Hudson's been enjoying the sun, sea and sand in Maui with Australian golfer Adam Scott, but before she jetted off she chatted with Cosmopolitan about being single, dating, and getting married again. The Bride Wars actress also revealed how she spends her downtime, and how important honesty is. Here are highlights:

• On being single: "I’d always been the kind of girl who really loves being in a relationship – I don’t think I’ve been properly single since I was 17 – so it’s always where I’ve felt at my best. But this time it’s different. I’m single and all of my friends are with someone, and that’s never happened before … It’s really nice to sit up at night and read a book, or knit – I love knitting! … I even love sitting there and sometimes being a bit bored, because it makes me appreciate the times when I do do things with my friends … I definitely want to incorporate this new ‘me’ into my next relationship, where you still do things by yourself."
• On dating: "Dating is a funny one. I’ve never sought love out. I’m a big believer that women should just live their lives and if it happens, it happens."
• On whether she would consider getting married again and whether she always dreamt of the big white wedding: "I don’t know. Who knows who I’ll end up with, and if marriage would even be important to them. I dreamt of the fairy-tale love story – but not so much of the wedding. I never pictured the type of dress I’d wear. For me, it was more about finding the man I was going to have children with. I didn’t think I’d be looking for more than one, though!"

To find out what Kate said about her friends and being honest, just read more.

• On her friends: "There’s a core group of us. Three I met before the age of 16; the others when I was about 21 … we’re the complete opposite. We talk about everything. Although, we don’t talk behind each other’s backs … We don’t say something unless we’d say it to that person’s face. When I was younger, my friends were just there. Now I have to make an effort. I’m definitely more demanding of my friends now too. I don’t mean in terms of what I expect from them; I mean as people. For example, I’m the kind of friend who, if I see that someone has got potential in their life and they’re not fulfilling it, I’ll tell them."
• On being honest: "I think it’s fine for people not to get along, as long as it’s out in the open. I have a problem with people who sweep things under the rug … I had one friend whose boyfriend I hated, and I just said to him, ‘I’m sorry, I just don’t like you and I have no idea why you’re together’ … It didn’t come out in a mean way though."

Whatever happens with Kate's love life, it sounds like she's got lots of great friends surrounding her, and some fun hobbies too! FabUK wants to know do you knit too? The full interview appears in the February issue of Cosmopolitan magazine, out now.