Not
everybody was privileged to be born with a silver spoon. But that’s not an
excuse not to be successful in life; one can thrive to make it in life against all
odds. Nollywood Actor, Ramsey Noah, shares his inspiring story of how he rose
to the top in an interview with Saturday Sun
Read
excerpts from the interview after the cut:
“Those
were the times when things got really bad for my mother and I and we had
nothing. It was so bad that we didn’t have a home or shelter to live in. We had
to stay in a store, a small store that could take only one mat. My mother and I
squeezed ourselves in that mat. We didn’t even have a cup to drink water not to
talk of a stove to cook. And my mother had to borrow, beg and stuff like that.
These were moments when I was young I didn’t realize the gravity of poverty we
were in, I couldn’t tell. But it was a good orientation for me.”
“It
was moments that I thank God for making me past through, because that has
sustained and helped me even as an actor. The ability to deliver all the roles
they give me because I have tasted both sides of the coin.”
“Yeah,
those moments; those terrible moments when we had nothing and we were living
off people. People were just helping us out. There were times we didn’t have
food to eat three or four days. You haven’t eaten and your stomach is rumbling but
you don’t have any place to go. There was a time I lived on the street, in
shops. There was a time I slept under the bridge. It was unfortunate that there
were no records so that we can have memories we could play back now. To me, I
am so extremely grateful that I went through it. At that time I hated everybody
around me. In fact, I used to question why God was doing this to me. But I
think God knew that I needed this for my future.”
What
an inspiring story. Thanks for sharing, Ramsey.