Life as a celebrity?

Right now, I wouldn't rate or call myself a celebrity, but I'll tell you what my everyday life is like: you get emails from people you don't even know telling you all kind of things. You get facebook requests every hour, you go to a place and some people want to take photos with you and then some people act as if they adore you and its like okay, guys I'm just a girl. I think it may get worst with time, but I'm used to it and I think its part of the whole picture or answer you need.

Which movie would you say brought you to limelight?

The movie that brought me to limelight? I think it was a movie I did back home called Standing The Rain, that brought me respect among my peers back home. Everyone kept saying ''who is that girl''? And I wasn't even in it for that long. Now, I have never per se seen that film as it came out when I left but I intend to watch it when I go back this year to shoot my film.

Scandals?

(Laugh) When has my life not been scandalous? That's the question you should ask. I don't know, but I think I bring chaos and attention whenever I go to a place, so there are a lot of things to say. I would also say that I'm now stable and more focused on a lot of things, so there is little room for scandal these days.

Challenges?

My hardest challenge was convincing my parents and people to become an actress. I mean, it's like where is she coming from with such a bizarre thing? And for me, it was just basically an “I don't care how you view it but I have a vision, a big one, and I'm going to do this whether you like it or not” affair. They eventually came around and I'm thankful.

Out there, you meet a new set of general challenges. They want you to learn a general American accent, be very skinny, look perfect and so on. These things don't really matter to me now, as I have found myself and I love the way I am. I love my physique, my hair, my skin and above all, my accent. I would say my hardest challenge now is to raise money for a film.

Dream?

My dream is simply to become recognized as one of the best black actresses in my time and to put my country on the map for film production. I dream to be an inspiration to a whole generation of women and children, and to effect a lot change through my work. I dwell on the use of media as a tool for social change and I will do it.

Relationship?

Why are you guys always asking about this? Well, I will say lets leave that, because I'm happy.

Embarrassing moment?

(Laugh) Oh my God! My most embarrassing moment was just too good, and it was on television. So, if you must know that, I think I have to get paid to say it.

Your last meeting with Akon, what was it all about?

It was just a private party that we had and my assistant got us in so I was there. I didn't exactly plan to meet with him as all the girls in the party were just sticking all around him. I spent my time talking to people in there about my film and it was fun.

How are you managing with the competition in Hollywood, being an investor?

Yes, like I said before, raising money for a film is very tough. People all like the idea that you are working on something, but nobody gives you the money you ask for. So it is basically a hard process where you have to endure and ask help from many people as possible, create awareness on the film and hope that people hear about it and give you the money you are asking for and so on. But that doesn't mean you have to give up. In my case, I have been working on a project for the past 8 months and I mean day and night.

It hits you that I haven't had sleep, or food or that I can't make it to party. But it's a sacrifice you have to make when you have a dream. I know what I want out of this project. And I tell you, I won't sleep until I'm done.

Let's know this your newest project?

YEFON is the film I aforementioned. I wrote it, co-producing it and I'm also one of the lead characters as well. I have worked hard to bring together a diverse cast and crew from Cameroon, Nigeria, South Africa, the USA and the United Kingdom. YEFON tells the story of a young African girl whose only dream is to get educated and become a teacher. But her dream got crushed by the patriotic traditional institution that governs her village; an institution that believes that educated women are bad mothers, wives or cooks.

Through the help of NANCY, a white woman finding solace in Africa, and KOME, her secret love, Yefon pursues her dream of knowing how to read and write. Things spun out of control when the village discovered that Yefon has been learning to read. The question now left for viewers is: will she survive it?

Why targeting Nigerian market through the cinema?

Excuse me? Nigeria is where shit happens, excuse my language. When a person notes of films in Africa, Nigeria and South Africa pops into his or her head. I mean, we also have Senegal, Cote D'ivoire and some other countries who are into French cinema, but I mean in general.

So, to be specific, targeting the Nigerian market is simply because Nigeria has a big population and influence in what actually happens in the film industry and in Africa. If I convince Nigerians by getting their market with my jobs, then I think it would be easy to convince the others.

How would you assess your movie with the ones in Nollywood?

I would say it is something different from the typical Nigerian films, but it can be compared to some of the works that Jetta Amata and Obi Emelonye had been doing, like Black Gold, Last Flight to Abuja and so on.

What should your fans expect?

Quality jobs! I put my time, effort, money and training into work and I would like it speak for itself in the jobs I do.