NEW YORK (AP) - Sean ''Diddy'' Combs says he wants to move to Hollywood and become a full-time movie star. The East Coast-based entertainment mogul aims to get top billing on the big screen.

''Yeah, leading man kind of stuff; you know, jumping off of buildings,'' Combs says in an appearance scheduled to air Friday on CBS' ''Late Show With David Letterman.''

Besides action-packed adventure, the rapper-producer's ideal film roles would also include ''making love to beautiful women'' and ''very emotional, heart-wrenching scenes.''

Letterman advises Combs to start out doing a smaller, independent movie rather than a big-budget picture that could bomb at the box office.

''Oh, no, no, no, I'm going to take my time with it,'' said Combs, who has a clothing line, Sean John, and heads Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment and its record label.

Combs, 38, has had small roles in ''Monster's Ball'' and ''Made.'' He headlined a Broadway revival of ''Raisin in the Sun'' in 2004, and co-stars with Phylicia Rashad and Audra McDonald in an ABC film version, which airs Feb. 25.

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