{"id":141537,"date":"2024-01-21T21:55:44","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T21:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/21\/i-didnt-come-into-the-industry-to-be-famous\/"},"modified":"2024-01-21T21:55:44","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T21:55:44","slug":"i-didnt-come-into-the-industry-to-be-famous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/21\/i-didnt-come-into-the-industry-to-be-famous\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI Didn\u2019t Come Into The Industry To Be Famous\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Deyemi Okanlawon, a Nollywood actor and producer has stated that he entered the entertainment industry to work and not to become famous.<\/p>\n<p>The actor, who dropped out of engineering to seek a career in entertainment, made it clear that he joined the industry to \u201cdo the work,\u201d stressing that \u201cfame was the collateral upside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-907459 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_2523.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"495\" height=\"619\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>In the most recent Celebrity Quickies episode, Deyemi stated:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cTo be honest, I didn\u2019t know this side of fame. I didn\u2019t come into the industry to be famous.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cI came to do the work and the collateral upside of doing the work was fame. 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