United Kingdom, Feb. 27 -- One Battle After Another star Teyana Taylor was told "it was dumb" to swap music for movies.

The 35-year-old Oscar-nominated actress started out in music and released three albums before pursing a new line of work in Hollywood and Teyana has revealed she was determined to prove her critics wrong by making a success of her film career.

She told Time magazine: "Everybody told me it was dumb. And I was like: 'No, I am going to be a great actress. One day, I am going to be a great director'."

Teyana landed roles in movies such as Coming 2 America and the White Men Can't Jump remake before scoring a part in Paul Thomas Anderson's critically-acclaimed movie One Battle After Another, which has given her the chance t...