I Left An Oil & Gas Job To Face Acting – Etinosa
From making comedy skits on Instagram, to getting involved in acting and to not so recent controversies, Nollywood actress, Etinosa Idemudia, finds a way to keep herself in the mix and her name in the mouths of fans and foes.
In a recent interview with The Nation Newspaper, the actress gives an insight into her background and how her love for acting made her leave her lucrative job.
On her biggest decision so far, Etinosa said; “For now, I will say one of the biggest decisions I’ve had to make was to turn my back on oil and gas industry where I worked for three years as a planning engineer for oil and gas construction projects. I know it was a very juicy job. I enjoyed my stay there, my company was amazing. They treated me so well. Funny enough, I had a time allowance to practice acting because they knew I wanted to practice being an actor.”
Talking about her passion for acting , she said; “I can become anything I want to be. My mind has the opportunity to run wild and create different characters. Today, I could be a nursing mother, next tomorrow a doctor, three days later I’m playing a role that I am probably an engineer or a witch or a criminal. The fact that I get to live different people’s lives and experience different people’s character without changing my own real life. That’s dope.”
On knowing the challenges in the industry and yet following through, the actress said; “It was a very emotional decision for me because getting into the movie industry when you don’t have a face, you don’t even have experience, nothing is ever easy at the beginning. So, starting from the scratch was a very big challenge for me and that was one of the boldest steps I’ve had to take – relocating to Lagos State where I had no house, I had no solid friends, I had no relatives. I was such a bold girl, packing my bags one day and said, ‘you know, what let’s do this!’”
On going naked on IG earlier in the year, she said; “The video has only come to create a very big platform for me to express myself, to show my talent, to show my craft, to create more art and entertain more people. It was a seeming obstacle that turned into a stepping stone. So, I wouldn’t say it has caused me anything bad or it has reduced me or taken me backwards. No, I would say that every disappointment is a blessing in this case. So it has given me a very big platform.”
Read full interview here.
By: The Arubayi Keme
