‘People Throw Hateful Words Without Knowing The Damage It Can Cause’-Ramsey Nouah As He Covers Guardian Life Magazine

Nollywood star, Ramsey Nouah is on the cover of Guardian Life magazine, he discusses his private life, being a parent and Nollywood’s transformation.

On the negativity his family gets because he’s an Actor.

“Even as we speak, certain people still know my kids and because of that, they suffer either a pat on the shoulder that your dad is a good player or a who’s that silly father of yours that thinks he is a good actor? As kids, sometimes they can’t handle it…they suffer hate speeches a whole lot more than when you give them appraisals.”

On relationship parents have with their kids.

“What parents do to their kid is what an artist does to a log of wood and carve an image out of it. Right now, I’m a parent, right now I have to be the responsible one. I’ve seen what life can do to you and I don’t want that for my kids.” His outlook on life has changed as he explains, “I would say it has helped me a whole lot in being focused and responsible because in our world as artists, we are free spirited, we like to do things by inspiration, that’s our personality.”

On how Nollywood has transformed.

“I don’t believe in it, I think it’s the same Nollywood. It is just changing, I call it growth…there’s been like a wavy unbalanced growth for Nollywood and it’s still ongoing. You can’t really say because of that say it is established that there is one industry called old Nollywood and there’s another called industry called new Nollywood. It’s just a transition into a new phase, a new beginning, new generation, new style and it takes everyone along.”

On dealing with fame.

“It’s a lot of pressure right now, you know with social media. When people just have the right access to social media and can hate speech or whatever speech it is and just throw it out there, they don’t know the damage that they are causing people.”