Most of my colleagues are broke – Actor Deyemi Okanlawo

Nollywood actor, Deyemi Okanlawo, has opined that some of his colleagues in the entertainment industry are broke.

The actor made this known while responding to a fan who assumed that fame brings money.

Deyemi in a post shared on the microblogging platform, Twitter said it is more important to aim towards the highest earning and not highest grossing movies or highest featured.

Reacting to this, a fan said he had thought that fame brings money. However, Deyemi pointed out that there are many famous broke people as fame is just a byproduct.

According to him, it is talent, work strategy, and ethics that bring the money.

See the conversation below:

He wrote: “Not every time aim for highest grossing or highest featured.. more often reach for highest earning #alist”

Tallbertiie asked: “I thought the fame brings the bag??”

He replied: “There are lot of famous broke people.. fame is a byproduct, it’s the talent and the grind (work strategy and work ethic) that brings the bag”