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 “Sadly enough, just to be downright honest, I think unfortunately a lot of times it has nothing to do with talent, and it has a lot to do with getting people into theaters. And studios see the power in it, so there’s been a big trend – you can have one single that’s a hit, and they want to put you in a movie. I think it’s the responsibility of the artist to kind of take it seriously and make the best out of the situation. But most of the time, you’re just being yourself. I think if you want to challenge yourself and play different roles, that’s up to you. Hip-hop is one of the biggest selling genres, country used to be and then I think hip-hop came and blew it out a few years back. So they look at numbers, to be honest.” So then why don’t you see more country musicians-turned-actors? “Country music sells a lot, and they probably feel like they don’t have to do it,” Benjamin surmises. “As an African-American, you have to take every opportunity you can to make it happen.” Luckily, it appears that Benjamin is following in Mos Def’s footsteps by actually taking the whole acting thing seriously. “Honestly, I’m new at it, so I’m kind of feeling myself out to figure out what I’m best at. I’m really comfortable in dramas; comedy is actually harder than dramas, to me, because you don’t have a quick response. You don’t have an audience that laughs when you do something funny. In drama, if you’re feeling real, it’s real. What I’d like to do is just whatever great scripts come.” And Benjamin’s not exactly abandoning the whole music thing, either. He and OutKast partner Big Boi are doing separate albums next, although he says the hope is to make another OutKast album after the solo projects are finished. When asked what the time frame is, though, he simply says, “Who knows.” Overall, Benjamin comes across as abnormally thoughtful in a world that, as he says, usually only looks at numbers. When asked a throwaway question about where he’d love to vacation, he even gives that a good deal of thought. “Greenland,” he finally answers. “Yeah. I don’t know – as a kid, I always saw it on a map and wondered who lives there.” |
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