Amerie: 'I Want To Be Taken Seriously'.

07-05-2007 01:01

Amerie: 'I Want To Be Taken Seriously'.... American singer Amerie hopes to be taken seriously as an actress when she appears alongside Katie Holmes in upcoming movie First Daughter.The 27-year-old fears she will be branded a 'singer-turned-actress' by critics and hopes her acting skills will be judged separately from her musical career.She says, "I love movies and will do more. I am reading scripts at the moment looking for something that excites me. "I want to have an acting career that is totally separate from my music to show that I take it seriously and want to learn."I don't want to be a singer turned actress - when I'm acting I am an actress and that is all."