Yemi Blaq: I’m not snug with fame

 Gbenga Bada

YEMI Blaq will not be one the run of the mill actors neither is an actor one which courts media or public consideration on the best alternative. This Ondo indigene shies away from public consideration and strives to reside a life devoid of fame or fanfare.

In a uncommon chat, Blaq explains why he isn’t the common actor. “My goals and imaginative and prescient had been simply to be an excellent actor. To be good at what I do to be recognised for it, to have the ability to do the job for a very long time, I really like the truth that performing provides me the possibility to reside many lifetimes in a single so for me, that was principally all.

“Not for the celebrity nor actually for the cash, I imply it’s good to make a residing out of it however I wasn’t targeted on simply doing it as a result of I need to be well-known. Fairly opposite to what one would count on as an actor, I’m not one which seeks fame that a lot, fame will not be one thing that I’m snug with, I wish to be nameless, I’m a easy individual and for me, it’s simply to get the job carried out, what I really like doing,” he advised The Nation because the chat commenced.

Fairly witty with a pointy thoughts, Blaq says he started performing professionally with a spotlight of being true to himself until the general public recognises his God-given expertise.

“I feel it’s necessary to maintain on being your self and being true to your self so through the years individuals will see that and reply to it. So for me, coming into the trade, I didn’t come on the energy of hype, I got here on the energy of my God-given expertise and that’s what I’ve used up to now and within the confidence that can be reposed by the general public who devour the product of my expertise.”

Blaq has been nominated for a number of film awards and has received fairly a quantity with the largest being Finest Actor in a Main Function on the AMVCA for his position within the movie, My Idol and Finest Kiss in a film on the BON awards for his position in Obsession. He says the yearn to behave has all the time been in him when he was a lot youthful. “For me, performing has all the time been it. Since I used to be younger, I’ve all the time had the aptitude for performing, telling tales in a extra dramatic method and all the time been within the midst of artwork and creative impressions, so for me, it’s all the time what I really like doing since I used to be a child and I didn’t even have to consider it, it was not a acutely aware effort, I simply knew I used to be going to be an actor and that was the trail that I all the time towed.”

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When requested if he noticed himself within the place he occupies as one of many proficient actors in Nollywood, the husky-voiced actor says he didn’t got down to be ready however relatively to be an actor and darn good one at that.

He says, “Effectively, I wasn’t on the lookout for a place after I began, I wasn’t trying to be ready, I simply needed to be an actor and I needed to be an excellent one so my focus primarily is to have the ability to signify myself to one of the best of my skills and have the arrogance to step up when names of actual actors are talked about and that’s what I’ve targeting so no matter comes after that has been an addition and for which I admire God for.”

Unknown to many, Blaq is a singer and rapper. Although he not often shows the attributes, he says he simply needs to do what he loves doing and does it with out consideration if potential.

A registered member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Blaq reels out a listing of movie administrators he has labored with and people he hopes to work throughout the nearest future. “There’s just about no director that I needed to work with that I haven’t labored with however having seen Ramsey’s work, it wouldn’t be a foul concept working with him. I cherished working with Sneeze (Moses Inwang), I’d like to work with Izu Ojukwu once more due to the work he does. Akin Omotosho, we haven’t labored collectively, so it will be good working with him and Tope Oshin, we haven’t labored collectively, so it will be good working along with her. After which after all my pricey good friend, Biodun Stephens, it will be wonderful to work along with her.”

Like each particular person and movie practitioner, the completed actor says he had deliberate to work on some 4 private tasks in 2020 however was stopped by COVID-19.

“2020 began on a sure stage. I needed to embark on some tasks and do my stuff. I had 4 tasks lined up however as soon as COVID began, I assumed it was simply going to be for 2 weeks however it’s been dragging on and on so principally, I’ve been making an attempt to fine-tune my plans and be capable to execute them earlier than the tip of the yr,” he says.