The 29-year-old musician said he is bored of being just himself and wants to be creatively inspired, reported DigitalSpy.
"I would like to get involved in acting. My life for the last five years has been about being James Arthur, I would like to be someone else.
"I like to mess around and be different characters. It's being creative in a different way," Arthur told Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on "This Morning" show.
The former "X Factor" winner also dished about his book and said he felt obliged to write about his traumatic childhood to help those in need.
"I felt a little embarrassed about writing a book, the only way I was going to do it was if I could be candid and honest," he said.