In
another inspiring story, as it now look as if Nigerian Celebrities recently
love sharing their rags to riches story to inspire people who look up to them,
Actor Ramsey Noah, gave account of his rag to riches story. In a new interview
with Sunday Sun, actor Ramsey Noah recalled the years before the fame and
money.
"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." Ramsey said. Continue…>>>>
Tell
us about your growing up?
My
growing up was like tasting the two sides of a coin. When I said tasting the
two sides of a coin; I mean tasting being a rich man and a poor man. I grew up
with my mother, and with a silver spoon, I had it all. When I began to realize
that I had good things to show off, everything disappeared. We started from
grace to grass; that has helped me a lot because it totally balanced the
equation of life. It gives me confidence in all spheres. For instance, I can
hang out with the enlightened or the rich. I can mingle with them very easily
without any complication or complex whatsoever. Also, if it is the low class or
poor people, I can mingle very easily with them. I can eat a fantastic dinner
in a huge, expensive restaurant and I can go eat amala at a buka and I would
not feel anything. I don’t care being a popular actor or a role model. I am a
role model to everybody.
Are
you saying that fame has not denied you anything in life?
It
has denied me a few, but it has not denied me being as natural as I want to be.
I won’t let that happen. It has happened to some of my colleagues. Fame has
taken them away from what they wanted to do or be. There was a time I went to a
bank to pay my NEPA bill and I was wearing a short and T-shirt, because it was
on Monday morning somebody came down and said ‘Ramsey Noah, you are a role
model, you shouldn’t have been wearing this’. I didn’t take it likely with him.
With
all these experiences, what has life taught you?
Life
has taught me never to look down on anybody because the person you disregard
might just be your saviour tomorrow. I realized that all my mother’s property
was washed away by rain. We couldn’t sleep all through the night because of the
flood. It was really terrible. Like I said, it is a life lesson.
Is
there anything that can make you cry or shed tears after all you passed
through?
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.
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