Posted by Adam

Tuesday September 15, 2009

Mariah Carey is unrecognizable in her new movie — because she doesn’t wear make-up.

The singer-and-actress had to tone down her glamorous appearance for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire — where she plays a dowdy social worker — and says cast and crew were shocked with the results.

“It was cool, because a lot of people in the film don’t recognize me — they don’t notice me — and that to me, was the great gift that the director Lee Daniels gave me, to be able to go that far away from who I am,” Carey said.

“You can thank Lee. He had a very specific look in mind.”

Despite being pleased with the end results, the 40-year-old star initially put up a fight when she was first told she would have to tone down her appearance.

“I brought in all my wigs for the character, and Lee was like, ‘No. This is not happening.’ It really brought up what everyone was going through was not about that,” Mariah said.

Carey recently insisted she never wanted to become a celebrity — and is only interested in making music, movies and living her life.

“I went through a period of time when I was working my butt off, and that will get to you,” she said. “Now I know how to say no to things. I didn’t know that before.

“Being in the limelight is not easy and being around a lot of people all the time is also difficult.

“People who do what I do will know what I mean.When you’re in front of the camera, people are going to make their own opinions up about you and can say what they want to say about you.

“All I want to do is make music, make movies, live my life and enjoy things.”

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