{"id":53700,"date":"2023-04-03T15:41:37","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T15:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/03\/dont-wait-for-handouts-go-out-and-work-regardless-sheryl-lee-ralph-to-film-industry\/"},"modified":"2023-04-03T15:41:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T15:41:37","slug":"dont-wait-for-handouts-go-out-and-work-regardless-sheryl-lee-ralph-to-film-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/03\/dont-wait-for-handouts-go-out-and-work-regardless-sheryl-lee-ralph-to-film-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t wait for handouts, go out and work regardless &#8211; Sheryl Lee Ralph to film industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1680215826_317_Sheryl-Lee-Ralph.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>Emmy award-winning actress Sheryl Lee Ralph has urged Ghanaian filmmakers to learn to work on their own without waiting on anyone to make things happen.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <strong>JoyNews\u2019<\/strong> Becky, on her over 40 years experience in Hollywood, the actress said that the only way out for Ghana is to keep pushing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know the industry is changing rapidly, and I hear in Ghana, you have a fledgling industry, well really you don\u2019t have an entertainment industry, and money has to be invested in it. But I was also saying to some of the artists in the room that you do know they are making movies on iPhone 14.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are really shooting art on the phones. So if you have a phone and you believe you need to shoot a movie, start using your phones,\u201d Sheryl Lee Ralph advised.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"N5Hn6-jkdq4\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Beckys exclusive with Sheryl Lee Ralph American actress\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N5Hn6-jkdq4?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>She added that nobody should make room for any circumstance to hinder them from making films.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t stop yourself, because I was never going to let anything stop me. Don\u2019t give up on yourself, I tell everybody get up off the sidelines of your life and get into the game. Start playing, start pitching, start working, keep training. That\u2019s how you keep moving forward,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Sheryl Lee Ralph is an American actress and singer. 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