[VIDEO] Paris Jackson Says Her Father's Film Moonwalker Inspired Her to Pursue Acting

Posted by Chad Webb on 12.14.2011

She could be in a children's movie set for 2013....

Michael Jackson's daughter Paris recently spoke on the Ellen Degeneres show about being inspired to pursue acting after watching her father in Moonwalker.

She says: "My dad was in the movie 'Moonwalker' and I knew he could sing really well, but I didn't know he could act. I saw that and I said, 'Wow, I want to be just like him.'"

She also mentions that her father encouraged her. Paris is set to be in film based on a new children's book, Lundon's Bridge and the Three Keys, tentatively scheduled for a 2013 release.

She also talks about the lengths Michael Jackson went to protect their identities and that no one recognized her when she went to school after his death: "I was like, yes, I have a chance to be normal."