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EW Here's a line from ''Say Goodbye to Hollywood'' off ''The Eminem Show'': ''If I could go back/I never woulda rapped/I sold my soul to the devil/I'll never get it back/I just wanna leave this game with level head intact.'' Do you worry that this movie will make that harder to do?
EMINEM I didn't know that the movie was gonna turn out like it did. I never thought that the buzz would even get to this level. I don't know. [Pauses] Yeah. It's a little spooky. I mean, thinking how many records I've sold and all the things that I've been through, how could I possibly get any bigger? And if I do, how can I deal with that? I don't know.

EW So, do you want to be a movie star?
EMINEM I never intended that. I wanted to make a movie because I felt my story was unique but at the same time not. If other roles [come up]? I don't know. I'll be too old to rap someday. Or when the music slows down. Then maybe. Yeah, I'll take another role.

(Additional reporting by Chris Nashawaty and Brian M. Raftery)

To read more about Eminem and ''8 Mile,'' check out the Nov. 8, 2002, issue of Entertainment Weekly magazine.

Originally posted Nov 01, 2002 Published in issue #681 Nov 08, 2002 Order article reprints
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