I was always led to believe you should take care of yourself, trust in your abilities and you’re the author of your own destiny.
The only way you can influence your fate is to put your soul into your performance and hope it registers with the audience.
Also, I’d like to play an athlete again, while I’m still physically fit, or a musician, like Nat King Cole, because I play the trumpet and sing. I’d like to incorporate that into a character.
Wale means to arrive home. So the crown has arrived home. Akin is warrior or brave man. Nuoye is a brave man of chieftaincy and Agbaje means wealth and prosperity.
I wanted to wash off the experience of Africa but obviously I couldn’t because that’s who I was.
Certainly, I look for different characters ’cause I always like to keep people guessing, and I also don’t like to get typecast.
Personally, I love Toronto.
I’ve never been really great at trusting anybody, just because of the way I grew up.
The only way I know how to deliver is to focus; some people can turn it on or off – I’d rather stay in character.
What is a shame is that there isn’t stuff that is as great as ‘Oz’ on a consistent level around today.
