Alicia Keys' acting escape

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Jan 9, 2007, 13:40 GMT

Alicia Keys always wanted to be an actress so she could escape her real life. Alicia Keys - Stunner! © Janet Mayer / Photorazzi

Alicia Keys - Stunner! © Janet Mayer / Photorazzi

Alicia Keys - Stunner! © Janet Mayer / PhotorazziThe singer, who makes her acting debut in 'Smokin' Aces', dreamt of being famous when she was growing up in the tough Manhattan neighborhood Hell's Kitchen.Alicia told Britain's Guardian newspaper: "I always knew it was in my future. I grew up around the theatre. My mother is an actress. Its in my blood, it's in my spirit and my fabric of who I am."I was always enamored of the way people would come into the theatre as one person and three hours later emerge as a new one. I was just waiting for my time."The Grammy award-winning musician insists the one role she will never play is a singing pianist.Alicia, who plays a lesbian assassin in 'Smokin' Aces', said: "One of the main goals when I entered the world of film was not to play a singing pianist."It was important for me to start out doing something unexpected, totally out of my comfort zone, and that's why I chose 'Smokin' Aces'. I don't want to play myself."The 26-year-old feels she connected to her character, Georgia Skyes, who pretends to be a prostitute while working as a hitwoman.Alicia said: "She is powerful and intelligent, the brains of the operation, the sensible one. She is meticulous. Her mindset is very focused. In those ways I am very much like her."(C) BANG Media International

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