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Swanky JKA
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Jideofor Kenechukwu Achufusi (born 17 October 1991) is a Nigerian actor and model, known professionally as Swanky JKA. He is best known for his portrayal of Nnamdi Okeke in Living in Bondage: Breaking Free, as well as Chidi in Kambili: The Whole 30 Yards.He won the Trailblazer award at the 2020 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards (AMVCA).
Quotes
If you’re here for the money, go home. If you’re here to be a star, try but know that you won’t last long. If you’re here because of passion and to make a print in history, wake up everyday like it’s the day you’re allowed to live in history and do it with joy.
Working on Poka Messiah prepared me in terms if endurance and patience because there were tears, misunderstandings, misgivings and a lot more.
Swanky JKA talked about what prepared him
It will not happen overnight. Give it seven years. Don’t do one film, two films and think that’s it. I see some of my posts on Facebook from back then and I wonder what my motivation was. People see it and understand that it has been a while. No matter what you are doing, consistency is important. No matter what you’re doing, there is always something to learn.
Professionalism means that if you have ₦10m as budget, you don’t share half of the sum among yourselves and use the rest for production. It also means sex shouldn’t be exchanged for roles.
We need more professionalism and we need to treat everybody better. For example, when a beautiful girl believes she has to sleep with people to get a role, she will forget why she is in the industry or she will give up on the dream.
People who we elected ought to push our safety in front and everything else behind, Nigerians set your priorities right.
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