Did you ever dream of becoming an actress?
I never dreamt of being an actress. When I was 11 years, I attended acting classes , but I didn’t take them seriously and my teacher reported me to my dad that I was not concentrating on my lines. Subsequently, my dad locked me up in his bed room and made me learn all my lines . My teacher he knew I could do it and my dad told me that anything that’s worth doing is worth doing well. I acted the role of a princess and everybody commended me. Initially, I didn’t like acting , because I felt rehearsals were burden-some and stressful, but I didn’t know God was preparing me for my future.
When did you decide to be an actor?
I started by working with Charley Boy on his show as script writer. Later, I became involved in production here in Nigeria, but one day some of the actors couldn’t come and I got angry. I had a dead line to meet and I had to improvise by being part of the show itself. People liked it and so did the producer of Glamour Girls who decided to give me a role. That was the turning point and subsequently I was regularly getting roles.
Have you ever experienced failure?
Oh yeah, many times, though I don’t want talk about it. (Laughs). I don’t want talk about that. It took me a long time to have a child and I felt bad. I thought I had failed my husband, myself and my family. I have only one child and I am happy . When there is life, there is hope. I am happy with who I am today. That’s why I say some things might be important to you but not to others. That’s what actually makes me human.
What was your inspiration when you were childless?
My husband was my strong pillar. He still is. I don’t know what I could have done without him. I mean I was ready to do anything and go anywhere because of infertility. They said go to that Babalawo and I was ready to go. I was ready to do anything, but my husband was there for me. He stopped me from all those things. He stood behind me solidly.
Do you still want more children?
My brother, if I had my way by now, I could have had 8 kids, but it is not a matter of having my way. It is God`s will.
What’s your take on soft porn movies in Nollywood?
It’s not allowed and it’s unacceptable. I don’t want to be part of it. I don’t even want to have anything to do with those people. I wasn’t trained that way. We should just stop that rubbish. In Glamour girls we never exposed our bodies. Ask those who expose their bodies how it’s affecting them now. Would they bring such script to me? Dem dey craze? They wouldn’t come to me with that because they know that I don’t accept rubbish.
How do you manage acting and being wife and mother?
It hasn’t been easy man-aging the home front, but so far, God has been behind me and my family. Friends have always rallied around me too. They have always been there for me. Sometimes, I had to be away from home for two to three weeks and my very close friend has always been there for me. She is like my daughter’s mother too. I don’t joke with that woman at all. My husband is also an actor and he under-stands what I am going through and I also understand what he is going through. That’s what makes it easy for both of us. Somehow we manage it
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