{"id":273893,"date":"2011-01-13T20:35:29","date_gmt":"2011-01-13T20:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=47195"},"modified":"2011-01-13T20:35:29","modified_gmt":"2011-01-13T20:35:29","slug":"grace-amah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/13\/grace-amah\/","title":{"rendered":"Grace Amah"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Grace Amah<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nWell I will say\u2019 I am born to a very Christian and deeply \treligious family. I am presently in my third year in University of Lagos. I \tam studying Creative Arts.
\nI am from Ebonyi State, but born and bred in Lagos.
\nI speak Yoruba very well. Some people want to call me a Lagosian and I \tanswer when they do.
\nDo you see any difference between those who studied Creative Arts and \tthose who did not.
\n<\/strong>
\nIs there really? There are lots of us in the industry who do not read \tanything close to Drama or Creative Arts or Theatre Arts and they are just \tas good as those of us who are formally trained. I will rather say that when \tthe talent is in you, you excel better rather than just trying to be good \tdoing it. There are some actors and actresses that you don\u2019t even need to go \tthe extra mile to get the best out of them. Some others have become so good \tin their acting because they have been doing it over a long period of time \tso they know where to correct the lapses, when they see the lapses, they \tknow.
\nWhole families are glued to their television sets watching One Bad Apple \tand you as Segun\u2019s jilted fianc\u00e9e.
\nWhat other home-videos have you appeared in apart from \tDay of Atonement?<\/strong>
\nThere are many of them. Elastic limit, Cinderella, Atlanta, Love Paradise I \tcan quickly remember these for now.
\nSo, what is your character in Day of Atonement.<\/strong>
\nThe character I play in the movie is that of the sister to Mike, the \troom-mate of James.
\nWe are from a family that lack financially. But I am always there for my \tbrother, helping with the little I can provide for him so that he can face \this studies as an undergraduate. I am eventually put under a lot of stress \tin providing for him and one thing leads to another. It is quite a gripping \tand a movie full of passion.
\nThe first thing to do of course is to read the script. I try to imagine \tmyself being that character. I try to see how I can make it real. There was \ta movie, Pastor and the Harlot, in which I played a wayward character and \tthose who watched the movie and my friends were like saying: Hey! You are \tsure you had not done this type of thing before! God knows I have never been \ta prostitute before, nor will I ever be! But that is just what it takes. You \tvisualize, imagine and make the character real.
\nHow come acting? Why not something else? <\/strong>
\nIn fact, I was earlier on studying to become a lawyer at Ibadan. I was \treading law. Along the line I just felt it was better for me to transfer to \tUnilag to face something else. My parents were initially not in support but \tI was determined because in secondary school, I confided in a friend of mine \tthat I wanted to be an actress in life. Fortunately for me while awaiting my \tJAMB results, I had done some appearances. I have so built on that \texperience so I can now blend . Besides, I really found commuting between \tIbadan and Lagos very stressful.
\nEarlier\u2026? <\/strong>
\nI went to secondary school in Lagos. Stadium High School, Surulere. I told \tyou I am omo Eko proper (laughing).
\nMedia \u201clies\u201d and hype\u2026<\/strong>
\nI don\u2019t like the impressions at all, because they could be negative. Why? A \tparent cannot have a child, hear such impressions and encourage the child to \tgo into the movie industry. But on the other hand, it does not bother me. \tWhy it does not bother me is because I know myself. Yet, you cannot be \tcontent with that, because it is only those who are close to you that will \tknow you are not the kind of person people talk negatively about.
\nAs far as the media is concerned, I have never lost any sleep over it. Why? \tBecause I feel it is their job, they are only doing their job. Initially, \tthe media was not favorable to me but I am beginning to get good mention and \treviews now. Nor can I really blame people for their opinions. There are \tsome of us out there that go out of the way to mess around and when people \tnow insinuate, can you really blame them? After all, people say there is no \tsmoke without fire.
\nAre you rich? <\/strong>
\n(Laughs)\u2026. I am still working hard to earn the big money. I see it coming \tsoon in the industry where actors and actresses will be earning good money.
\nSo, in what way will you say, acting a Christian movie is different from \tacting in any other movie?
\nActing is acting. It all depends on the character you are given. If you are \tgiven a script to play Jesus Christ, you read and visualize what it takes to \tbe Christ while He was on earth.
\nWhile visualizing that, you need to be spiritually motivated. The important \tthing is to come out with a fantastic role. If I am asked to play Mary \tMagdalene or Mary the mother of Jesus, I will do so and achieve their \tcharacter. In fact, I will want their role to affect me. But I will not play \ta gangster or a prostitute and let the character affect me in real life. I \tguess it is better to let positive roles affect you. But a role is a role to \tplay. I have seen people acting roles of rich men and women in a movie and \twanting to carry on in that manner, even in real life. If you take it too \tfar, it begins to affect you.
\nPhilosophy? <\/strong>
\nI believe in everything that is good. My upbringing has been such that I \tsee things from a different perspective. Yes, I believe in God obviously. I \tam into acting but I do not want any role I play to make me a bad person. I \tam me. I am a calm person. I want to do something that is right. I believe \tin hardwork too. I want to see myself where God wants me to be. He knows \twhat is good for me because whatever I want for myself may not be what He \twants for me.
\nWho are your mentors or the role models locally and internationally? <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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