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And Finally
Perry reckons acting is hard
By Chris Cooke | Published on Monday 29 July 2013
Katy Perry says she reckons a career in acting is harder than a career in music, though mainly because of the early mornings. The songstress is now an expert on the acting profession, of course, having voiced a Smurf.
Perry was asked about popstars becoming actors by Radar magazine. She mused: “It’s definitely a lot of effort to be an actor, and it’s not something just anyone can roll into. I think you get a lot of people thinking ‘if I can act, I can sing, if I can sing, I can act’, and it’s just not true”.
As for whether her Smurfing role meant Perry now had plans to become an actor herself, she went on: “I think I would have to train hard for it if I was going to take a job that works sixteen hours a day, five days a week, and you have to love it. I have a lot of friends who are actors and I see how hard they work. I think that it’s actually harder and it takes more time than a music career. You wake up at 4am or 5am. That’s commitment”.
Concluding that music remains her real passion, Perry did add that if the film industry would just get rid of those early starts acting might seem more attractive: “If the movie would start filming at 11am then I would do it”.
