“I didn’t see ‘Obsessed,’ so I can’t comment, but it’s just not about how talented you are anymore. It’s about, ‘How much box-office revenue will this person generate?’ When you see certain people – we won’t name names – they just don’t have the skill, and no one in their team has said, ‘You need acting classes.”
YOUCH! Is Nia jealous or just telling the truth???
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YOU tell us!!!
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I’m sure she wanted the role in obessed and once she seen beyonce got the role she was jealous! Nia sit your ass down maybe she should start singing to give ger career a jump!
I’m sure she wanted the role in obessed and once she seen beyonce got the role she was jealous! Nia sit your ass down maybe she should start singing to give her career a jump!
PUH-LEESE…………BEYAKI AINT EVEN IN NIA’S LANE!
Nia was keeping it real!
^^^^ooops that was me
Love it!! She is on point. Beyonce is not an actress but no one can take anything away from her in the singing arena. Finally someone has the balls to say it. I saw her in Cadillac Records and it was O-K nothing to write home about. It’s just unfortunate that people are not able to voice an unfavorable opinion about someone without being classified as a hater.
Shout to JD and Javid
I guess she’s telling the truth from her perspective. Being that acting is a highly competetive profession with a limited amount of work for black professional actors, it has to be frustrating when successful artists from other genres of entertainment hog the entire spotlight and are now competing with you for your work. Unfortunately, there isn’t much that she can do to stop it. Star power equals money.
@summer08 ur an idiot..go get sum brain cellz then come back wit a slightly intelligent post lolol
Nia ain’t hatin on her she’s just bein real. I like Beyonce and I love pop culture, I also saw Obsessed and thought it was a good movie. That being said, I can understand how some1 who went 2 ‘acting school’ and has made a career out of ‘acting’ would be upset @ the fact that a pop artist is often chosen 4 roles more often than ‘real actors’ because their ‘buzz’ will generate more box office sales. In Nia’s case though I think shez an amazing actress and I’ve loved her since ‘Love Jones’ and if I had 2 choose between seeing a movie wit Bey or Nia u can bet ya $2 ass I’m ridin wit Nia–alll day longgg ; )
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It is unfair that non-acting mega rich singers are being given roles that they don’t deserve just because they can attract a crowd. While qualified unemployed actors are being overlooked.
nigga nigga nigga nigga nigga hatred!
I love me some Beyonce live but that woman cannot act. I don’t think she had to make that point in the magazine (or maybe she did) but it definitely wasn’t hate. I haven’t seen a quality movie starring Beyonce yet.
Who ever thinks Beyonce can act must think the BET Blackbuster films are award winning.
LMAO @ BEYAKI-I tell ya keepinit u never cease 2 amaze me w/ur humor. I feel Nia & real recognize real. I can agree w/javibijoux cause sure enough someone is gonna call her a hater or bitter cause she spoke the truth.
nia just speaking the truth from her view from of whats happening in hollywood now. nia knows what she’s talkin bout, shes see its firsthand everyday probably.
Summer 08, SIT YA ASS DOWN SOMEWHERE! Wtf? I hate people who talk shit, obviously ur a Beyonce stan or something, cause this is clearly a TRUE statement, no hate or pun intended from Nia…I like that she put this out there!
F a Nia Long!! She just need to get bk at her game and stop worrying about bey. Obviously bey is doing something correctly whether we like her acting skills or not. And im def not a stan. There’s enough roles to go around!!
LOL………glad i can make ya laugh S&S
There’s enough roles to go around!!……….HUH? For who dayum sure NOT black folk! Beyonce is in movies bcuz her name sells shyt PERIOD……….NOT BCUZ SHE CAN ACT!!! I’d rather slit my wrist than watch her act(or lack thereof)
If LifeFiles posted some more of the interview and not just the controversial part, y’all would see when Nia says there are more roles for black actresses but the quality has gone down. So its either take a bad role while Beyonce and whoever else gets a good one, or you don’t eat.
She’s not hating but if Tyler Perry hasn’t created the role, then there aren’t too many chances you’ll get a quality role as a black actress. When one is available its hard to compete with Bey’s obvious star power.
They asked her about “Obsessed”. The interviewer had Beyonce’s non-acting ass on his/her mind. Wanted Nia’s take on it. Nia is far from hating. She’s and the interviewer were subliminally staing the obvious.
b cant act period i havent and havent wanted to see that movie obsessed for all the beyonce fans who think that nia is hating tell me two movies where she acted good in
I agree 1000% with Nia. But black cinema in general is garbage! It’s a dam shame that Tyler Perry’s half-baked productions have become the major supplier of work for black actors. Its been over 40 years since the civil rights movement took place and gave us a bit of an advantage. But now in 2009 it seems like we’re more immature, careless and accepting of societies stereo typical roles than we ever were. We’ve lost it!
I think Nia is within her rights to say this…..she is an Actress and a damn good one…..And I agree with her 100% …Be real with your people….Beyonce is NOT an Actress !!
anything nia says is right…..
Jamie Foxx? , Jenifer Hudson?
What about comedians becoming actors?
You see Nia your long away from making sense.
as much as i like Beyonce, i think Nia has a point here. It’s all about the box office these days. it’s a pity, but that’s the world we live in. i don’t think she is hating, she is just saying what it is.
beyoncé is an international super star
just because of her name that movie is going to be released world wide not sure if it was only nia long
obsessed hasn’t been released in france yet
i respect nia for voicing her opinion in a time where others are too scared to do so and agree 100%. i havent seen obsessed but i have seen austin powers goldmember and daaaammmmnn id never wanna see another beyonce movie ever again. but unlike me the rest of the world does because now there starting on the film obsessed 2
Leave Bey alone! Get your $$.
whoever mentioned Jennifer Hudson needs to be smacked across the face. I think she can sing her ass off, and she was made for her role in Dreamgirls, but she has played that same role in every movie since.
That southern sassy black girl role is played. Until she does something else, we will not mention her in the category of musicians turned actors/actresses.
Ice Cube, Common, and Mos Def have had a wider range of roles than J-hud
i agree with her. there are some singers/actors that are an exception but beyonce isn’t one of them. it’s a shame you waste ur $12 for a movie with a good plot and a terrible actor. Beyonce actually did better in obsessed but some parts she still wasn’t believable. it’s a shame that ppl like Nia suffer but it’s all about the money. How much revenue the movie will generate and you can believe all day everyday beyonce will bring in that cash!!
Nia is old and washed up who reads this magazine anyway…..
She had to say something about beyonce to seem relevant. … Someone please send Nia a script so she can stop bitching!!!!
yall need to get off beyonce’s nutts…she is wayyy overrated…she cant act and shes not even that great of a singer in comparison to lets say, alicia, jazmine, mary, etc…no soul watsoever
B does need acting classes. thats real shit!
At the end of the day, Bey CANNOT ACT
I saw OBSESSED, and I was appalled by her acting.
I wish they would have selected Sanaa or Nia…
Fact is, it’s just NOT in B’s personality to portray anyone but herself (and Sasha Fierce)
Again, not hatin’, just statin’.
And when she blurted that foolish line “YOU TOUCHED MY CHIII-LD?!”
*MAKE BELIEVE FAIL*
I agree with Nia Long. I love Beyonce she can sing her but off. But she has no real acting talent. If critics and fans alike just sit back and watch her movies as a “fan of movies and the art of acting” and not as a Beyonce “Oh my God, that is my favorite singer fan” they would realize Beyonce is lacking in the talent side of acting. Don’t get me wrong she is not the worse I’ve seen…M.C in Glitter (need I say more?) But she is not as great as a actress as Ms. Nia Long
nia’s telling the truth, beyonce want to be an icon, call it driven or money hungry at least when you try your hand in new projects be somewhat skilled. beyonce cannot act, its her name that got her the role not her talent
Flip star you got me crackin up. LOOK YALL…..Beyonce cannot act and we all know that….BUT GUESS WHAT? she is not the only one. She’s doing her thang and i would too even if i couldnt act. Its a cut throat business, what was she suppose to turn down the roll so that Nia could do it???Give me a fuckn break…..Nia is speaking the truth but she is also hating….She hasnt been in anything worthwhile in YEARS…and that aint Beyonce’s fault.
nia is right, but the funny thing is she sucks as an actor also…
thats why you aint getting any roles bitch…
LMAO at Beyaki! That is the funniest of the year! Nia tell it like it is girl beyawnce cannot act PERIOD! I am sick of her.
So it’s Bey”s fault Nia can’t get any roles?……..Whatever PPL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Simple as this!!!!….If you don’t like her don’t go see the movie….Bey is doing her thing whether we like her or not….she’s gonna make her money.
this is as much a cheap shot for the sake of publicity and buzz generation as 50 Cent saying hes gonna release an album the same day as Jay…PLEASE! Bow to your king and queen and fight for second people! NEXT…
Nia isn’t blaming Beyonce for her not being able to score a good role. She’s just frustrated that she has to deal with more competition from people who aren’t real actors. It’s like when an American company fires all of its American workers and out-sources their positions to India and other foreign countries. Nia is not hating, she’s being brutally honest about how she feels. I’m positive other actors feel the same way but just don’t have the balls to publically admit it.
Fuck Bee, the bitch cant act