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so there is nothing you cannot do. You chose to do
the things you want to do out of passion and out of
the fact that you think they are better for you, but
honestly I can sell pepper, it is still the same thing,
isn’t it?.”
Tank top- Bejewelled Koncept
Skirt –EBI House of fashion
Shoes- Hot stepper boutique
Ring – Playtime jewellery
Earrings –Stylist’s wardrobe
Pursuing the versatility question a bit further,
our guest was asked to explain how she pulls off
such contrastingly demanding roles in different
productions with the same ease and elegance that
seems to stick to her like a second skin; “First of all,
I don’t want to say the fact that I studied Theater
Arts is core, but in the same vein, I think it was a
good way to find out if I had any talent whatsoever.
But, I think I would say if you have got passion, you
can find that which you believe is not there, and it
is also helpful when you work with people who are
willing to push you where you never would dare.
You’ve got your directors, your fellow actors, even
the man who pulls the wire, and when everyone is
in synergy, they all help you bring that which you
think you did not have. So I don’t think it is an effort
that I have been able to achieve on my own, it has
been a coll ective effort of everyone that I have ever
worked with.”
As the interview progresses, Nse begins to unfold
more, she becomes enchantingly down to earth
as she calmly takes on the question of her success
secrets and the issue of a genderless movie industry
akin to the legal profession; “There is no gender in
the theatre. And when you say actress it means you
are limiting me to what I can do and limiting the
man too. The genderless situation started during the
Italian Renaissance, because at that period we did
not have women who got on stage, so men would
act as women and be called actors, and when a
woman tried it, she acted as a man all through, and
so it stuck that everyone was an actor. And at the
point when women started coming, really they were
all actors. So, there is gender equality if you want
to call it that (laughs). As for my success secrets, I
would say that the key in been successful is not
knowing that you are, and knowing that you have
to try hard every time, you have to be better than
your last job every time. So, I am constantly fighting
to be better than the last movie I did. It is not easy
because sometimes you get tired, sometimes you
think the characters are similar, but it is left for you
as an actor to bring something to the table. Your
reactions can be different which is why the actors
constantly assimilate, be good listeners and good
watchers so as to learn from people’s mannerisms,
actions and reactions.”
Warming up to the movie discuss, this respectable
A-List actor of commendable poise who has featured
in a lot of well received flicks like MR and MRS, Phone
Swap, Inale, Black Gold and Kiss and Tell amongst
so many others, recalls the initial challenges she
encountered as a new kid on the block back in the
days; “Coming up as a fresh face, a new face, you
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