Actor Lateef Adedimeji, of Nollywood, is among the most prosperous performers in Nigeria at the moment. However, Teju Babyface is telling the tale of how he nearly left the Nollywood film industry and the acting profession in order to go look for office employment in a recent interview. He gave this explanation of why and what kept him from giving up.
Speaking about why he almost quit acting and Nollywood, as well as what stopped him from doing it, Lateef Adedimeji explained saying:
LATEEF ADEDIMEJI: There’s a lead role I did in Ilorin for 10 days that I was given N1,000 in 2010. I spent ten days on that set and wasn’t given feeding money until day six. And even the day six, it was the PA that asked me “have you been receiving your daily feeding allowance?” and I replied in the negative, no.
He now went to speak to the producer that the fellow playing the sub-lead role says he’s not been receiving his feeding allowance. Producer then flared up that “what? is he telling stories?” and the PA now said “no he’s not, I was the one that asked him.” I thought to myself I’m in trouble now. I never asked the PA to tell the producer. What if I’m fired off this production? What hope will I have then?
Wow! I’m so happy Lateef held on and didn’t quit, because today, he’s one of the best in the industry.
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