Lenny Kravitz Enjoying Return To Acting, New Hunger Games Movie Still

While Lenny Kravitz is busy with his Black and White America tour and prepping his next album Negrophilia, the singer opened up to Rolling Stone about his new role as Cinn in the upcoming movie The Hunger Games and why he hasn’t made more movies.

On choosing his acting roles:
“In the last 22 years, while I was making my music, I was offered a lot of films. I just didn’t find the roles very interesting – a lot of clichéd type of stuff and really obvious things. I didn’t want to make films because I can. There’s no point in that.”

On his return to acting:
“I always figured it would come back into my life. I was an actor when I was a kid. When I realized music was my thing, I just gave it up. I put blinders on, just focused on music. It’s come back now and I really am enjoying it.”

On why he picked The Hunger Games:
“I thought it was really good storytelling. I’m very much into stories. The character was interesting. I like Gary’s previous work. And I said, Yeah, let’s go.”

On his character Cinn:
“He’s very streamlined, he’s very quiet. He knows what he’s doing. He’s confident. He’s got a big heart. I just liked the way he moved – very smooth.”