Cast member Will Smith (right) poses with his wife Jada Pinkett (left) and their kids Trey (centre), Jaden Christopher Syre (front right) and Willow at the world premiere of 'The Pursuit of Happyness' at the Mann Village theatre in Westwood, California, December 7, 2006. - REUTERS

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Will Smith says his daughter is the new Paris Hilton.

Will - whose nine-year-old son Jaden made his acting debut as his son in 'The Pursuit of Happyness' last year - revealed seven-year-old Willow wants to be as famous as the hotel heiress so he gave her a part in his new movie 'I Am Legend'.

Will said: "Willow has a drive. She has an energy and she just connects to human emotion. I think a big part was probably seeing Jaden after 'The Pursuit of Happyness'. She saw what Jaden did, and she was like, 'I want that.'

"Jaden is Johnny Depp. He just wants to do good work. He loves acting, he just wants to make good movies.

"And Willow is Paris Hilton. Willow wants to be on TV." Willow showed gritty determination when she worked in freezing temperatures for the sci-fi thriller.

Determination

Will added to People magazine: "Willow was out there and she has her stuff on and she's cold and she's getting a little irritable. And she looks at me and says, 'Daddy, I don't care how low it goes. I'm going to finish.' "I was like, 'Wow, that's good baby, because Daddy's leaving if it goes any lower than one degree!"

The 39-year-old actor - who also has a 15-year-old son Trey from his first marriage to actress Sheree Zampino - insists he and wife Jada Pinkett Smith make sure their children don't get special treatment and have to audition for movie roles.

He also revealed that when Willow won the part of his daughter Marley in I Am Legend, she turned to Jaden and stuck her tongue out at him.