Nollywood actor Joseph Benjamin talks about his life.

Nollywood actor Joseph Benjamin covers the April/May 2014 issue, of RB – Reading Bridges Magazine and tells us some stuff about his life. In the issue, he talks about rumours, wedding bells and his music career.

On selecting the right roles: “For me I carefully select my movie roles and would not play a role that does not meet a certain criteria. I am very discreet and professional; it’s really not about the number of movies but the quality is all that matters to me. This decision I took long ago before I came into the industry. I asked myself what I will be doing differently because I dont want to just follow suit and do things the usual way….I always look out for key things that will put me in a good light and will be challenging to me as a professional, most importantly the mileage, even if the financial compensation is not much.”

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On his favourite directors: “I would like to say in no order, but Mahmood Ali-Balogun, Zeb Ejiro, Kingsley Onwefe, Desmond Elliot, Lancelot Imasuen, Tope Alaka. These guys are amazing directors.”

On the actress he is most comfortable with: “I have pretty much acted with all of them. I am practically comfortable with all of them. The ones I have not acted with are Omotola Jalade, Mercy Johnson, Rita Dominic. They are all amazing people with their own different ways. You usually have a perception about somebody before you meet them, never judge a book by its cover. There were even rumors of Monalisa and myself being romantically involved, she is my very good friend.”

On possible wedding bells: You people will wait o! because it’s not looking near, I just got out of one and it wasn’t a good story. I am just focused on work and giving my beautiful kids a very good life. My daughter is 12 and my son is 9.”

On his favourite Nigerian musicians: “For me Timi Dakolo, Praiz, Bez, Asa, Nneka, Femi Kuti, Omawumi, Waje, Darey, Cobhams. I started off as a musician as a matter of fact, so it affects the kind of music I listen to.”

On releasing a song soon: “Haaa! *chuckles* You know a lot of actors have delved into singing, I really won’t want people to start saying “this people have come again o..” you know what I mean *laughs* but stay tuned to this channel you might have a little something from me soon”

On keeping a low profile: “I don’t draw any attention to myself. I usually stay below the radar, I try to live a very calm and low key life, which is why you don’t see me everywhere. It’s just my lifestyle.”