Colossium Magazine caught
up with actor Adjetey Anang
at Urban Grill, Stanbic Heights;
and here’s what he said about
his role in the 90’s TV series
‘Things We Do For Love’ and
the film industry.
COLOSSIUM: Are you a social
media person?
ADJETEY ANANG: Yeah but I
went off for a while. I went off
Facebook because of constant
impersonation. I was once
invited by the Cyber Depart-
ment at the Police Headquar-
ters to help them with an
investigation. I think the last
time I heard from them was
when they tracked a first year
student from IPS for imper-
sonation - he had dubbed a
Ghanaian - American. That
was where I decided to go off
Facebook for a while; I have
not been there for about 3yrs
now.
CLS: I can understand, I mean
you are an icon. I dare say that
you’re our version of George
Clooney. Down at the recep-
tion I could see people trying
to take pictures with you. But
hey, social media is what it is
today.
ADJ: Yeah. I never say ‘Never’.
I actually have a cousin who is
in to social media and stuff so
he is trying to rebrand it so it’s
much safer for me then I can
come back.
CLS: You are really an open
person. When I reached out
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to you on Instagram, I didn’t
expect an immediate response
from you but...here we are
now.
ADJ: [Smiles] Yeah, I know. I
try. It is not always a norm.
At least I try to sample a few
messages. I can’t go answering
everyone. I mostly respond
to business related messages.
Once in a while, I try to an-
swer other messages. It’s tough
to do that and be consistent.
CLS: What do your fans nor-
mally say to you on social
media?
ADJ: Some reach out express-
ing their interest in acting and
looking for opportunities - that
is one part. Then there are oth-
ers that want to appreciate and
encourage me. But of course
there is the 3rd party who I
label as the ‘Brave Ones’ who
will say “I don’t care, I want to
date you” hahaha but those are
the minority. So these are the 3
categories that I deal with.
CLS: Our younger generation
are indeed trying to achieve
everything overnight and at all
cost. How was the journey for
you, growing up in the indus-
try?
ADJ: I don’t know if it was my
orientation whiles growing up.
You know the whole culture
of school-school-school and
making sure you’re amongst
the best or you’re the best. In
most cases I’ve had to do it the
hard way and staying in the
process. That is also not to say
that I don’t understand the
younger generation because
I do - sometimes. They want
the shortest way out because
of the times we find ourselves
and how tough it can be but
it’s still not an excuse. The
process is needed; it builds you
and prepares you so there’s the
need for us to go through the
process. For me even though
people kept ringing it in my
ears that “you’re good”; “you
have the talent”, there were
times it got into my head but
I never forgot the fundamen-
tal rule that I needed to go
to school even at the point I
wasn’t sure of what I wanted
to do. Even at the National
Theatre when I joined legends
like David Dontoh, the late
Solomon Sampah and co; I was
learning under these people
and took a long time for me
to get on stage. I had to learn
from these people to better
myself and it wasn’t a time
wasting period, it was for me
to really process everything
they were doing and evolve.
“
Therefore how
responsible
are we for the
products we are
putting out there?
How skillful are
we being?”
CLS: At what point did you
discover yourself?
ADJ: I’ve always loved mov-
ies. I’ve always loved acting.
Seeing people transform into
characters they are not and
doing it so convincingly al-
ways fascinated me but then
I didn’t see myself performing
in front of the camera -