Rihanna is entering the acting world in this summer’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets and the upcoming female-led Ocean’s 11. But that isn’t enough.

In an interview with Metro, the singer said she has her eyes set on winging an Academy Award. Why not?

“I’d love to get there one day,” she said. “Who doesn’t want to be told they are doing a great job? Any validation that your work is impacting is rewarding. I work hard and put my all into everything I do but the rest isn’t up to me.”

Of course, when she’s acting she is thinking about the craft — not awards.

“I don’t think anyone makes an album thinking about winning a Grammy, or makes a movie thinking about winning an Oscar,” she explained. “What you do is work as hard as you can and if awards follow, then that’s great.”

As far as inhabiting her roles (like the shapeshifting alien she plays in Valerian):

“It’s pretty difficult to method act when it comes to playing a shape-shifting entertainer but, seriously, I have nothing but respect for the actors that do,” she said. “If you look at the well-known method actors of the generation, they put in incredible performance after incredible performance. It’s no coincidence.”