Zac Efron: No Fan of Overexposure

Although some stars love seeing themselves everywhere and on everything, Zac Efron is sick of seeing his face all over the world.

The 21-year-old actor told USA Weekend, “I didn’t want to be famous. I get sick of seeing my own face around.”

Efron has been trying to shake his young image and recently turned down a remake of the movie “Footloose”.

“I used to get so frustrated. For a while, I felt like I was completely lost in celebrity-land. I didn’t know how to handle it. Now I know that I have to plot where I’m going, when I’m going there and where the back entrance is. It’s like I’m playing a giant game of tag.”

The “High School Musical” star’s comedy “17 Again” will be out this week and Efron is hoping it will help people see his potential, as he explained, “My taste is changing I’m growing up. I’m definitely not the best actor in the world at this point. But hopefully, with time and effort and smart decisions, that will change.”

Many would be surprised that acting is something Efron didn’t want to do. As a kid he, “played sports on weekends-baseball, basketball-and when I sucked at those, I started playing golf and ping-pong in the garage.”

Adding about what sparked acting, he says, “After I lost interest, I started singing. I was always singing to the point where my parents would shout, ‘Shut up, Zac! Enough already!’”

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