Calista Okoronkwo, a leading filmmaker, in this interview with according to Adebayo, talks about his trip, growth, values ​​and vision in the entertainment industry.

How did your trip to the entertainment industry begin?

I learned that nothing good is easy, and persistence is key. Because, in the past, we used to hurry a lot. From one audition to the other, like two or three auditions a day, and then they don’t even call it for anyone. But we continue to persist. Persistence is what brought us many of us here. That also includes me, because I can mention many names, we used to attend auditions together. Sometimes, a person was ahead and will write our names in different auditions.

How was your first time on the set/stage?

My first time on the set was bittersweet. I love because I had some people making some comments like “Who is this person who gave him this role?” But I did not let those comments in the set affect my performance. The three scenes they gave me felt like thirty scenes, and wanted to try a point. Sweet because that first time on the set, I was able to impress the director who began to give me more roles after that performance. So I think it was good.

What were your initial challenges when it started and how did you overcome them?

My initial challenges were the fact that I would attend several auditions and they would never call me again. Because I used to fight between auditions and go through a real production in my school, it was quite difficult. Because at the time I began to act as a career, I also obtained admission at the University of Nigeria to study economy. So it was a bit difficult, because most of the time I attended auditions and then, at any time they call me, I could not do the production, because I would be on their way to school or I am already in school, and I could not leave school and simply return to a production. It was a bit difficult

That was very challenging, and everything I had to do at that time was to focus on my studies directly, and I told myself that I could not juggle these things, because acting is very jealous: you must face it if you really want to be consistent, and there is no way that I can face it when I have my books to read, I have exams to write and courses to register. It was a challenge then. That was the reason why I had to face my studies directly.

How did their parents discover about their career choice and what were their initial reactions?

My father was not very happy with the fact that he had chosen to be an actress at that time, because he said he wanted him to be a doctor. And so, it was a long time before I could sink that this is something that I like to do, because in high school, as a junior student, I was already prefecting drama. It was a bit unusual because in my school they were generally older students, but as a third year student I was already there. He used to coordinate many dramas, hence the title of Prefect.

My dad only knew he had something inside me, and at one point after my mother spoke and spoke, she began to give a cudez. It took me to my first movie. He drove himself, because he wanted to be sure of what was happening there. It was very protective. My mother had no problem because she loved the fact that she was going to be an actress because she loved the movies and loved to watch them.

Did you see yourself to be so popular from the beginning?

I set out a goal to become a family name from a certain moment. But as time passed, I realized that the industry is quite competitive and that it needs more jobs to stay important and relevant, and to achieve objectives that have been established in this industry.

Did I be popular? Of course I had faith in myself, I believed in myself, but I knew I had to buy a lot of work to take that to update. I will not even say that I am popular yet, I would say that I am a job in progress. We would see how that develops.

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What do you think you did well to get where you are today?

Honestly, I don’t even know what I did well. I think it was persistent and I let my passion drive me, and I also put God first. I think as a human, what you do, you must always put it in the hands of God, and that is something that I have always done from the beginning of my career until now. My passion for this work is huge and it is something that does not play. It is something that has been in me, I loved the race since I came, so it is something that I love. I am not doing it simply because I want to be popular, but because it is something that I get total satisfaction and pleasure.

Do you still keep your old friends?

Of course, I have a couple of old friends with whom I still get along. I am not really a “friend” person, even though I am a friend for everyone. But in reality I am not the type of person who keeps many friends. People might think otherwise because they know that I love many people. I love many people, but when it comes to my circle, my circle is small and I am very territorial. Not only let anyone in my territory.

Some celebrities are popular but not rich, where are you belonging?

I don’t even know where I belong. I want to believe that I belong to the group that you have not mentioned here. I am a job in progress. I am not rich, I cannot say that I am popular. I am only a face that a couple of people know.

This is not being modest. I have not reached the stage where I feel that I can say that I have arrived. I am not in any of these groups that you have mentioned.

What has you deprived of fame?

Fame has deprived me of absolutely nothing. Because I still stop in my best way on the road and like what I want to eat, I drink what I want to drink, without anyone having to look at me anyway, because I have never seen myself as someone who is classified or nothing. If it is this food that I want to eat, I go there and how, if it is that place I want to go, I go there. I don’t think fame has deprived me of anything.

Maybe only my privacy, because sometimes you want to walk in some places in silence without being noticed, but many times the people who want to take photos even when you are not humorous to take photos, but you know that you just have to smile for the cameras, because there is something that simply loves you, and I could really do their day. Fame has probably deprived me of that because sometimes I just want to be alone. But as long as you are outside, it is very difficult to do that. I think that’s all.

12. How do you think society perceives you as an artist?

I can’t say it, but I have met many people who have asked why I don’t like kissing in your movies. Even until now, I have received messages from the people who ask: “Why am I so reserved? You do not like to kiss, you do not like the parts where your body is exposed, why is that? We believe that you are too modest. Well, sometimes, if you mention in a certain way, it is difficult for yourself as what you are not, although you are not in the race, I am pretended to live, when it comes to Modesty, it is something that you are not something.

Naturally, I am a modest person. I am not the type of person who would love to expose his neckline, who would love to expose his butts or any part of his body that is supposed to be covered. I would say that I am tense when it comes to that area. I think that’s how people would perceive me as. It is not a bad perception.