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.

Rita Dominic and co, una dey Waka shaa. From Lagos to Owerri sharp sharp, cos I'm very sure that Dangote is still in owerri with Rochas.

Una no even allow Emmanuel Macaroni to leave first.

Chai! I pity this CandyDaddy of a guy. You have mind to curse other people's child while your own can't even stay for one year. What does that tell you? You even called her a bastard.

sometimes, I wonder how some people reason,you sit in your house and type rubbish and then post it without imagining the impact of what you wrote. And you you think the internet forgets, no! It doesn't. Cos some people are way smarter and faster than you when it comes to social media life.

You better be careful of the rubbish you write if you don't want to lose another child of urs.
Nonsense!!!!!!

B

A

RIP
I don't know him though

Upon all the Jersey, the kit, fashion and femzying. Una no fit score anything.
God forbid that I get this kind heart attack I got today because of this people.
All those money they paid this footballers put together, E never reach to build express??
What a national disgrace from the two Alwa Ibom guys.
Ndi ara!!!
Ndi anu Nkita!!!
Mtcheewwww.

Ndi owo!!

Those way dey say NYSC need to be scrapped, if e no help una, NYSC help me. Through the scheme, I was able to land myself a federal govt job just 2months after my service.
Did I tell you that I just finished my service last year December? Yes.
So you all should forget the talk about scrapping NYSC, cos so many people's life depends on it. E.g, the employees of NYSC.
Bye!!

Xisnin:


If you are marries, you should be worried about how to keep your home
and if you are single you should be worried about the future.
Whether there is love in this marriage will neither add nor subtract anything from
your life. So your get your priorities right.

When you learn how to read and write very well, when you also learn how to construct a good sentence, then come back and quote me. I will reply you very well.
But for now, bye.

My observation: i dont think that they is genuine love between this two. Look more like a forced marriage to me.
Take a very good look at picture 1 &3 and you will understand what I'm talking about.
Its only those that have foresight that will see that.
And also there is something PLASTIC about that Dangote's daughters smile. Its not real.
Anyway, Ogbasalom.#walkingaway.

maridrug:

I congratulate you, you'll be a success in your career and a plus value to this nation.

Amen!! Thank you

intruxive:

Congratulations! Just like that? Abi bottom power was involved

My dear everything is not by that, I believe its just grace,because I wasn't the only corper that served under him. We were four but he gave work to me alone,
He just took me as his daughter then,
Lesson, be good to anyone wherever you find yourself, even when people or colleague are trying to annoy you, always put on a smile cos someone somewhere is watching your next action.l

PearlStreet:


Congrats dear. May bigger and better miracles come your way.

Amen!!

You all should help me thank the God Almighty, I just landed my self a federal government job just two months after my service.
My director I served under last year,this year they just made him DG of one of the agencies in the ministry i served in.
Just last week, 1st march, my oga called me and handed me an employment letter to the agency just like that.
I'm so happy right now

Breaking News!!
I went to L. E. A Primary school Juneau this morning to apply for my voters card and we were told that they won't attend to us today because of the fact that some students lost their lives yesterday night.
According to them, an unknown woman gave some kids biscuit yesterday during one of the students birthday party yesterday.
So many parents have come this morning to pick their children out of the school and investigation is still going on to ascertain the cause of the death.
As I'm writing now some are still looking for there children because the stampede there is way too much.

A

I celebrate you my sister.

This person above me, how can you be this fast?? I thought I have finally fulfilled a part of my destiny which my father always tell me to always be the first among others.
Why did you deprive me of that, why??
Mtcheeww

adepeter2027:

Hope they didn't hurt anybody?

This line of yours is my problem with religious people like you.

"How God take pass dem" abeg if I may ask?

Why didn't God use his power to stop them from coming in the first place?
You all like ascribing unnecessary praise to a useless God.
Supposing those herdsmen invaded and killed innocent people who went to church to serve a LIVING dead god, the story would have been different.

Instead of you praising the security men, you are here praising an idol called God.

These are the people that deserve praise and not god.

Same as you

Here there are, the atheists are coming out from there shell, but sorry to burst your bubble, i believe in the one true living God who maketh everything possible in his own time.
And sometimes, God allows some certain incident to occur so that he can prove to you that he is still God, as they came, its still God that alerted the security personnels to chase after them because if God doesn't guard, the guard guards in vain.
So better change that your mindset about God and embrace him now you are still alive.

Trustme2:

Babe hope you're safe? Which church is that? Don't conclude maybe they want to come give their lives to Christ

Lol, which kind give their lives to Christ, the way they looked and ran when the securities shoot gun shows they were on mission.
Its Champion Royal Assembly, Abuja.

And this Fulani people decided to visit my church today. But God pass them as the church securities gave them the chase of there life.
I wish that bullet killed one of them as they were running.
Stupid people!!!
Mtcheeewww

I just saw this on Facebook now that he died early yesterday morning in an accident.
If this is true, RIP to him.

Mehnnnn.....
Na Ajebutter them full this BBN 2018 oo.
Imagine eating rice with turkey always. , no need of wasting my money voting any of them then, cos me as I dey here, I never even see fowl leg chop not to talk of turkey always.
Mtcheeewwwww, let their rich family come and vote for them nah.

When you marry your rightful husband, you will surely know.
Just look at the resemblance in all of them,
STRICKING!!
Right
Yea.... That's what I'm talking about.

Please oo can someone help me with anambra state address bikonu oo

That's why its good to invest in Insurance savings.

FvckShiT:



- /Don't u wish yo boyfriend got ballz like mine/ x2


-I'll fůcking pay you well. You gon be eating Pizzas instead of fůcking mo'lizards.

Lolz.... I give up.

FvckShiT:

-You Fůcking watching yo bloodyfūcking broke boyfriend fůcking chasing lizards for yo bloodyfūcking dinner..I think I do fůcking pity you more bìtxxcchhii. (Ama give you a better job so you ain't gonna have yo boyfriend chasing lizards any fůcking more) .I'll employ you to fůcking tend to my ballz twice every tuesdays and fridays.Whayasay

Please whose brother/Uncle is this
Can someone get me a picture that marches this question?

Eberex:
I KNOW SAY NA THE TAIL OP GO GO TOUCH.

WHAT AM I EVEN SAYING? NA THE TAIL EVERY GAL GO TOUCH FIRST.

EVEN AFTER THE THING DON DIE

Hahaha, are you a seer?

romeorailss:


It us caller Alipa in my language

Abeg which country get this kind of language?