Veteran Nigerian Actor, Saint Obi popular known for his love
for women in his movies in an interview with Daily Sun revealed the reasons
behind his exit from the Movie industry. He said that his aspirations in life
and opportunities life presented him made him stop acting.
As one grows older,
you realize that you do not need to be in all the movies. If you have been
following my career, as years went by, from doing 10 movies in a year, I
reduced it to six. I later reduced to one per year, because I felt that it’s
not how many times you appear in a movie but how well you act. People call me
all the time to come and feature in their movies, but I always decline. My
reasons are that;
As you move around
you have other aspirations and other opportunities appear. In Igbo parlance,
you don’t watch a masquerade display in one spot; you have to move around to
get the total view. Any smart person will take advantage of any opportunity
that comes, there are a million and one businesses out there that align with
what one’s profession. The Dangotes of this world do a million businesses; they
don’t stick to one business and become who they are today. I didn’t stop acting
because jobs stopped coming but because I needed to do other things. However, I
am still involved in the industry even though it is mostly behind the camera
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