KIND OF MAN I NEED NOW – GENEVIEVE NNAJI

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A
chance encounter with Genevieve Nnaji recently by TOPE OLUKOLE revealed the
other side of the screen goddess.
What
Inspires and motivates you in life?
Fear of failure. I am driven by
fear of not achieving what I set out to achieve, and not meeting my standards.
I can be pretty hard on myself. I’m very competitive, so failure cannot be an
option.
What
is your ultimate goal?
I want to challenge myself more
as an actress . I don’t think I have reached my potential. There is still a
hunger in me. I am still not completely satisfied. I won’t stop until I get an
Oscar.

If
you could do it all again, what would you do?
Gosh, if I had it my way I
would love to be a model, but I don’t have the height. If I could start my
career again, I would definitely go into the fashion world because I have been
designing since primary school. But you can’t go back into time and the best
thing about my job is that I get to dress up and pose all the time, just like a
model!
You
are what can be described as a “Yummy Mummy”—someone who is career minded,
ambitious and beautiful. However, you were also a teen mother—what advice would
you give to other teen mums?
Thank you. I have never heard
of that term, but I like to keep this part of my life private and I don’t like
to talk about my daughter. But what I would say is, I completely believe in
destiny. I think everybody has a dream and something they want to achieve, so
you should never give up on yourself. Learn to embrace everything life throws
at you and learn to make everything work for you, even your mistakes. Do not
give up on your dreams, as long as there is life, there is hope. When you have
life, you should make the best of your time as possible because life is too
short.
You’ve
been romantically linked with several people, should we expect the wedding
bells in the near future?
Yes, I am dating, but there
won’t be any chiming of any wedding bells, although I do want to get married. I
am looking for someone who can keep me excited because I get bored easily. I
need someone who is there to support me, who is confident. I haven’t got the
time to be massaging a man’s ego; he has to be confident in our relationship
from the get-go.
Geneveive
Who is your ideal man?
We all want a handsome man, but
ultimately we want one that is good inside. But I would love to meet someone
with a Johnny Depp personality and with Boris Kodjo’s lip.
What
gets you out of bed in the morning?




The gym- a great work out! I am very hyper in the morning so the gym is
somewhere I can get rid of tension. It gets me prepared both mentally and
physically for the rest of the day, which is usually long and tiring. I am not
a screamer in the gym, but I like to zone out and plan my daily goals. I don’t
see anybody at that point in time. I go into my inner self and put on my
earphone listening to music and meditate about my future. I’m what you call a
deep thinker. I love to run the most and use the treadmill or steppers as I
work mostly on my legs and thighs plus my stomach.
Do
you see yourself as sexy and what’s the favorite part of your body?




I like to think that I’m sexy although I don’t always feel sexy. I think my
waist is my best body part. I like my waist because it’s small and neat and
gives me my hourglass figure.

What has been your favorite role to date?

Wow! I have enjoyed playing all the characters in the movies I have done. The
Mirror Boy was fun. Ije was another movie which was great and challenging
because it was shot in Hollywood among other Hollywood stars, but I would say
my favorite to date is the Window of Glory, where I played the role of a blind
girl. I really got into my character and learnt a lot about myself at the same
time.
You
have starred in more than 100 movies, are there any roles you have not played?
There are still many roles left
in me. I’m prepared to try any new thing and challenging. I would do any role
except porn—no amount of money can get my clothes off.
Finally,
the world is your oyster, who would you like to star with?
Johnny Depp. I find him a very
deep actor mostly because he represents what I represent; he acts for himself
and picks out roles that he enjoys. It’s not about the movie being commercial. He
is acting for himself and picks out challenging characters to play. Acting
should not be taken too seriously, it should be fun and he doesn’t take himself
too seriously.
Culled from daily Newswatch

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