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delishpot:
So you hide your BF face come dey display other people own for NL? Women sef ehn....

It's called privacy, dear. How was your day?

FlirtyKaren:
Veteran Nollywood actor, Ramsey Nouah in a new interview with Kore Ogidan, has opened up on the reason why he decided to go into acting and the journey so far.

According to Ramsey Nouah, his mother didn't support his dream in the first place, but she had to succumb when she realised he wasn't ready to back out.

Read excerpts from the interview below:

Background

I was born in Costain, Lagos, where I began my early life before moving to Aguda, Surulere. I lived with my mother and half-brother. My father was never in the picture. I was very playful and I must admit, it’s rubbing off on my kids, and I’m not liking it very much.

I was also very artistically inclined. I was fascinated by comic books and drawings, although I wasn’t exactly great at that. My elementary education was at Atara Primary School, Orile Iganmu, Lagos, and for my post-elementary education, I attended Community Grammar School, Surulere.

I also got a Diploma in Mass Communication from the University of Lagos. Interestingly, my life has been a tale of grace to grass to grace. I was born with a silver spoon but shortly after, everything changed and our wealth went to zero.

This made me understand the two sides of life; living a life of plenty and a life of not even having enough to eat. As rough as the experience might have seemed, it actually helped me gain a balance in my profession as an actor; being able to comfortably switch between the roles of the prince and the pauper.

Did you always want to be an actor?

No! Even though I knew I had a dominant creative side, I was sure I was going to become a pilot or an aeronautic engineer. I was obsessed with planes, machines and gadgets that flew and I knew I had to be involved somehow; whether by actually flying them, creating them or building them so other people could fly them.

Why acting?

I needed money to take my GCE external examination and I just couldn’t get it, no matter where I went. So, I remembered that my friend had told me repeatedly that I had a gift in acting but I had never taken it seriously.

When I needed money desperately to pay for my exams, I decided to give it a try and source some money from it. In 1990, I had a cameo role and in 1991, I had a role in the series, Mega Fortunes, which aired in 1993 and lasted for just a year.

After that came the advent of home videos and it’s been a roller-coaster ride since then. I really just went into acting because I needed the money and not because I thought I could act. Over time, I realised that I had a strong passion for acting and thought to myself that acting could really just have been my calling.

Mother’s reaction over acting choice

I was already involved in acting before I decided to tell her and when I told her, she had the same angry reaction as any parent of that time would have had if their kid told them they wanted to go into acting. She asked if something was wrong with my head. Eventually, the series I acted in came on air and when all her friends began to tell her that they’d seen me on TV, she was happy with the accolades and positive reactions from people.

Effect of father’s absence in his life as a growing child

Honestly, I didn’t feel his absence. I couldn’t even tell that my dad wasn’t in the picture. That’s something that my mother would probably have been more concerned about because it would have been easier if he were there to help her in raising me.

First pay cheque

We had been filming Mega Fortunes and we didn’t get paid till about the eighth month when I finally got N1,100 (about N80 per episode). As soon as I got the money, I ran to Yaba market to buy a pair of secondhand chinos trousers, leather brass belt, black tee-shirt and moccasins.

That’s all I could buy with the money. I couldn’t even afford to get transportation back home; I walked from the market to Aguda, Surulere, but I was very happy with my purchase as it changed my wardrobe.

https://lailasnews.com/i-stumbled-into-acting-while-looking-for-gce-money-ramsey-nouah/

This your story is so confusing Biko!
Firstly, you said your were fascinated by comic books and drawing, you love writing, drawing while growing up. And you still turned around to tell us that your passion while growing up was To be a pilot or make plane and all that.
Uncle Ramsey why are you contradicting the whole thing nay
Secondly, you said your purpose of going into acting is to get money for GCE, but you got the money but instead of GCE, it was now used for bend down select.
Hmmmmm Very confusing.

lonelydora:
It's called privacy, dear. How was your day?

Ok o. My day was fine thank you. Hope yours was perfect too?

purem:
Dunno know why I like reading and hearing success stories but am not successful yet

Looool.......mad man

delishpot:
Ok o. My day was fine thank you. Hope yours was perfect too?

Yes, dear

ufondunenye:
This your story is so confusing Biko!
Firstly, you said your were fascinated by comic books and drawing, you love writing, drawing while growing up. And you still turned around to tell us that your passion while growing up was To be a pilot or make plane and all that.
Uncle Ramsey why are you contradicting the whole thing nay
Secondly, you said your purpose of going into acting is to get money for GCE, but you got the money but instead of GCE, it was now used for bend down select.
Hmmmmm Very confusing.

He said he was facinated by comic books and drawings....does that mean he has the passion to be an artist? He loved writing...does that mean he has the passion or wants to be an author? His passion was to be a pilot ...he said it in plain and simple English. When did he go for the acting role to raise money for GCE?...and when was he paid?

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[quote author=greggng post=69410841]I must tell you that all that he said was correct...I once met him at iju a place in Lagos....infact he came to meet a friend....I was humbled by his simple life style. He joined us at a local remote amala Buka and he was praising the woman that cooked the soup....by then he was already acting ..he never felt too big.....you are a decent brother.
He came to live with a friend inside Alamutu estate along Iju road,I met him there ,in fact the guy was humble seriously that he invited me to join him with his friends to play basketball .God bless our hustle.

[quote author=bestower post=69426419][/quote]You sure know him very well. That his friends father was the owner of the land where kudirat abiola estate along old akute road was built. Gov't took over the land and gave them half. I use to live at sholanke street opposite kudirat abiola estate