Jaden Smith in new bizarre rant: Teen star says he'll disappear within 10 years, compares himself to Galileo

By Iona Kirby For Dailymail.com

Published: 11:50 EST, 20 October 2015 | Updated: 11:41 EST, 21 October 2015

Jaden Smith is well-known for his bizarre musings, but he says it’s ‘an honor’ for people to think he is ‘crazy’.

The 17-year-old son of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith appears in the new issue of GQ, in which he revealed his plans for the future and how he feels about being a star at a young age.

‘It’s fun bro. That’s what a lot of people don’t realize. It’s fun. It’s so much fun. It’s the best thing,’ he told the magazine. ‘People think you’re crazy—I feel like it’s an honor, actually, for people to think I’m crazy.

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'It's an honor for people to think I'm crazy': Jaden Smith gave a bizarre interview to GQ magazine, in which he reveals he will disappear off the grid within the next 10 years

'It's an honor for people to think I'm crazy': Jaden Smith gave a bizarre interview to GQ magazine, in which he reveals he will disappear off the grid within the next 10 years

‘Because they thought Galileo was crazy, too, you know what I’m saying? I don’t think I’m as revolutionary as Galileo, but I don’t think I’m NOT as revolutionary as Galileo.’

Italian Galileo Galilei - who was a hugely influential astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher and mathematician during the Renaissance - wasn’t the only person Jaden compared himself to during the interview – he also revealed that he plans to be like underground graffiti artist Banksy in the future, when he disappears off the grid.

New issue: Jaden features in GQ's November issue, which has Taylor Swift on the cover

New issue: Jaden features in GQ's November issue, which has Taylor Swift on the cover

‘No one will know where I am in 10 years,’ he insisted. ‘They’ll see me pop up, but they’ll be like, “Where’d you come from?”

‘No one will know where I’m at. No one will know who I’m with. No one will know what I’m doing. I’ve been planning that since I was like 13.

‘It’ll be kind of like Banksy. But in a different way. More of a social impact. Helping people. But through art installations…. You know what I’m saying? So I’m just dedicating my whole life to helping the world.’

In the meantime, Jaden plans to go to college, and told GQ: ‘I want to set up office at MIT just so I can learn and bring in new technologies into the world.’

He explained: ‘Me and [14-year-old sister] Willow are scientists, so everything for us is a scientific test upon humanity. And luckily we’re put in a position where we can affect large groups of human beings at one time.

‘And that’s what I really encourage kids to do, is learn the things that you want to learn, because then not only will school become fun, but it will make your dreams come true.’

Jaden insisted that he’s no wild child, but wants to be known as ‘one of the craziest’ people of all time.

‘I rarely go to parties,’ he said. ‘My whole life is just dedicated on learning and breaking like, the craziest records of life, and being like one of the craziest human beings to ever exist. That’s me… I just want to teach people how to be comfortable. Stop being so scared.’

Plans for the future: The 17-year-old (pictured last month) said he will go to college, as he compared himself to Galileo and Banksy

Plans for the future: The 17-year-old (pictured last month) said he will go to college, as he compared himself to Galileo and Banksy

Jaden echoed the same sentiment last year, when he and Willow took part in an interview with the New York Times.

He also told them: ‘Here’s the deal: School is not authentic because it ends. It’s not true, it’s not real. Our learning will never end. The school that we go to every single morning, we will continue to go to.’

Meanwhile Willow claimed that time is a concept she can control with her mind. 'I mean, time for me, I can make it go slow or fast, however I please,' she said. 'That’s how I know it doesn't exist.' 

'Me and Willow are scientists': Jaden also said that he and his 14-year-old sister appreciate being in the public eye. They are pictured here performing at Wireless Festival in July

'Me and Willow are scientists': Jaden also said that he and his 14-year-old sister appreciate being in the public eye. They are pictured here performing at Wireless Festival in July

Will and Jada, who married in 1997, have said in the past that they don’t believe in punishment when parenting their children, instead teaching them the rights and wrongs of life by allowing them to make their own mistakes. 

Jaden has recently been filming Baz Luhrmann’s Netflix series The Get Down, in which he plays Marcus 'Dizzee' Kipling, a 'psychedelically talented and enigmatic graffiti writer' from the Bronx.

He will also be reprising his role as Dre Parker in The Karate Kid 2 and appearing in upcoming comedy film Brothers In Atlanta.

Meanwhile, Willow has just signed with Kendall Jenner’s modelling agency The Society Management. 

Close-knit family: The actor's parents Will and Jada Pinkett Smith (who he is seen with in February) have said in the past that they don't believe in punishment when parenting their children

Close-knit family: The actor's parents Will and Jada Pinkett Smith (who he is seen with in February) have said in the past that they don't believe in punishment when parenting their children

 

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