"An actor or actress, has to find that special person. It is not love that will bond you. Forget love, love dies. What sustains the marriage is companionship."

"We don’t keep records of our history and this is a sad reality of who we are."

"Footballers and musicians make more money than actors. Actors are the least paid."

"There is no way you live and won’t have one or two negative stories to tell. But one thing about me is that so far I have overcome any"

"If you’re into anything and nobody is appreciating you it’s like you’re not doing anything. But so far you have people around you, appreciating your work, it inspires you to forge ahead."

"Remember, once a boxer always a boxer."

"When you stand in the way of someone’s daily bread, you have sentenced the person to death."

"Whatever your shape, you can act."

"If one is able to cater for his family through his calling, he should be described as fulfilled."

"If they ask you to come and carry any filth, because of your love for money you will help them to carry it. And it will spoil the name you have been building from your youth."

"Every famous Nigerian artiste today who thinks they are made – they are all wrong. Most of them don’t even own their works."

"Everyday is memorable to me because I live each day as if I’m not going to wake up the next day."

"You just have to be very good at what you do."

"There is a level of tolerance any woman can manage. Every woman has her threshold of tolerance. I am lucky I have a wife who understands my job but I try as much as possible not to overstep my boundaries when it comes to the opposite sex."

"I have also learnt that there is no permanent friend or enemy. Everybody has to be your friend; you obviously need to lean on each other to achieve."

"If you continue to move with time, you’ll be relevant."

"The bad thing about us (Nigerians) is that, once we perceive any opportunity, business or profession as lucrative, everybody wants to go into it, whether or not they have the experience, training or the knowledge about it. I always tell them that if you don’t learn it properly, you can’t know it.’"

". I don’t let things bother me and nothing shakes me. I only pray and leave all my worries at the feet of God."

"We know the African continent presents brilliant creatives and talent and I’m so excited for the rest of the world to enjoy our distinct voices."

"Stage is something that has been there and will continue to be there."

"What makes you a good actor is when people separate your real life from movie characters."

"Only thing that keeps a man going is to believe in his dreams and keep moving."

"The road to success is not always easy."

"It is the bargaining power of individuals that determines what they are paid."

"Gone are the days when you say you want male or female. All genders are children. If you are fortunate to be blessed with one, be thankful to God. Any one you are given, appreciate it."

"The thing with stage is, the stage does not have a quick turnaround.”"

"Many people are just doing business, and the thing about doing business is that people don’t care about artistic integrity, they just want to make money."

"You may be religious yet very carnal….but once you are spiritual, you see things from divine point of view."

"I have tried as much as possible to maintain a standard professionally. I don’t go below that standard, instead, I go higher. So with such mindset on your job, everything comes out with a different higher or better result. So it is difficult to pick."

"The hallmark of a good leader is to groom other leaders."

"We can now line up along with our countrymen and women of honour and share the rights to be remunerated even while we are "resting", we can now ask for Arts Endowment fund, to encourage the development of talents and the industry, especially now our government is interested in our skills. As plants grow on from the soul, so films grow from stage."