The 17 year-old actor and rapper sat down with Time Magazine for an interview, as he is part of Time's Most Influential Teens list for the second year in a row. In the interview, Smith talks about his favorite philosopher, his goals, his critics, and his preferred political candidate.

"Being born was the most influential thing that's ever happened to me, for myself," Smith reveals to TIME. "As far as people, what they think is influential -- like I said, the thing that you can make the most fun of and laugh at the most is whatever would be the most influential to the pop culture of the world."

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In recent years, Smith has made headlines for his abstract way of thinking about the world and now. He does not care about what people think of him, and in fact, he tells GQ magazine that he embraces such criticism.

"I feel like it's an honor, actually, for people to think I'm crazy. Because they thought Galileo was crazy, too, you know what I'm saying?" the 17-year-old star explained. "I don't think I'm as revolutionary as Galileo, but I don't think I'm not as revolutionary as Galileo."

Smith also explained that his main goal in life is to 'heal the entire planet,' just like "a superhero would do." And reveals that in 10 years, he plans to disappear from the spotlight and help the world from an undisclosed location.

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"You will no longer know where I am, who I spend my time with, the clothes that I wear, if I have kids, if I don't have kids, you will not know," Smith says. "I will be out of the sight of all people. That's why I choose to live my life the way that I live now, in society, because by the time I turn 30, I will be completely gone, and it will be a 100 percent mystery of where I am and what I'm doing."

The young teen actor is said to turn 18 next year, when asked if he is excited to vote any candidate that he may have interest on --

"Am I excited to vote? I would say I am and I would say that I'm not. I love to be a part of groups of people that have a voice that are trying to say something," he said. "No, because of the way that the votes are counted state-by-state. It makes people feel like their votes don't count. I feel like voting is very important. Is there someone that is in office that represents you and the things you stand for?"

The rapper claimed that he would love to have a female president. "It hasn't happened, so that's why it should happen... It would be a nice change. I'm not saying that everything would be better if that happened, but it would be cool, " he shared.

 

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