Maybe I should say I make myself available for his movies. He will not call you to say he has a role for you. He is a very disciplined man. So whenever I hear that there’s location in Abeokuta, I would pick my bag go there immediately.
So you have an automatic slot with him?
Because I am under him. Definitely everyone has a slot so far you make yourself available.
So what has been your experience, I mean, with male folks, male fans, I see a lot of comments on your Instagram page.
It’s not been easy. Some will call you a snob because most of them do not understand you. I’m not really an outgoing person so whenever they meet me, we just greet and move from there. Most want to create a relationship which I am not ready for.
Is that why they say you’re a snub? Don’t you want to make friends?
Not that I don’t want to make friends. It’s just my nature and at the same time, they don’t understand. Okay, you want to take a picture with me and you want to hold me and we are outside. I mean it’s not okay at all.
How do you reply your male admirers without knocking them off?
I don’t always know what to say and I don’t want to be rude. So it’s better to ignore.
future. I’m a business person. Let’s see how things unfold.
It is often perceived that Yoruba movies are local and English is ‘posh’ and English actors make more money than Yoruba actors.
It is because they shoot their own films in English. There’s nothing spectacular about them and they can see us as razz people. Most of their productions are low budget productions. All those ones they did in Onitsha. They don’t have storylines. We do. Yorubas believe in helping one another. Feature in mine and I will feature in yours which doesn’t happen in English Nollywood movies.
Yoruba movie industry is always based on relationships which is killing the business aspect of the industry. It’s one of the things I’m not happy about. You call me for a role and you want to pay me 200k for a role I should collect like 1million for. It’s not nice. And if I agree to do it for 200k that means I will call you to do mine for me for that amount.
So professionally the English part of the industry has the edge
They are not doing anything spectacular. We have a better story line. But we need to invest. They are investing their money in it. That is all they are doing. Absolutely, nothing else. So we need to cut our low budget productions. If you want to produce like five films in a year, reduce it to two or one, put your money together and produce that just one film and make it a standard one.
I’ve not seen any Yoruba movie in the cinema yet.
There are Yoruba movies in cinema. Yes. Some Southwest cinemas take it from us but if it’s not like 70% English and 30% Yoruba, some cinemas like Silverbird will not accept it from you.
You’re planning on working on cinema movie. Would you be producing a full length Yoruba movie?
Most definitely. I won’t want to do that because even this life, you have to mix both Yoruba and English together.
Are you a twin because people call you Ejire?
Yes, I am. I have a twin sister. We look alike but not very identical.
Are you bringing her into the movie industry?
No. She’s not interested. People say I’m shy, but she’s more shy. She knows what I do but she can’t be part of it. But she supports.
Why don’t you use the name Taiwo, why Eniola?
She has her own name. I’m Taiwo, she’s Kenny. She’s Lolade and I’m Eniola. People know
