The issues she discussed range from the way celebrities flaunt their assets on social media to casting in the industry and her difficulty with being cast in singular roles.
On the social media life of several Nollywood celebrities:
“Don’t be deceived by what goes on on social media. Obviously, there is something else such actors are doing, perhaps other businesses to shore up their income. The reality is that on the earning capacity of an actor in Nigeria, you cannot have that sort of lifestyle in this economy. Yes part of our industry is to have glamour but also the other part is to have reality”
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On her experience with typecasting
“Of course I have lost a lot of roles, not because of my colour or body but because of my face. People find it a strange face to work with. It is not your conventional fine face and in the early years I didn’t know how to handle the face and as a result of that people found it easier to use me as a character actor.
I was bothered because I was being cast for “Mama” roles. At that age, I was meant to be diverse in my role but I was already boxed in.”
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On dealing with fans expectations of her: “I am not living my life for my fans because they are not living their lives for me. When I get destroyed living my life for them, they are the same people who will accuse me. You cannot please everyone.”
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