Tumi Morake

Tumi Morake (born 22 December 1981) is a South African comedian, actress, TV personality, and writer. Quotes I love a role that I can ground somewhere in myself. There are actors who love to extend themselves, I like to find extensions of myself. Exclusive Q&A with The Honeymoon cast members, Tumi Morake and Kajal Bagwandeen ahead of the premiere GLAMOUR, 30 March 2023 by Thobeka Phanyeko I actually didn’t want to relocate to be honest, but my husband wanted to, it’s a conversation we had from before we even got married. He’d been to New York and he’s like America is the place to be. So we where going to move to New York and then the pandemic happen, and then the budget was like.... Comedy is not a joke. The industry is so huge in America. In New York I know I can play, I get on to stages I want to get on, I get the time I want, but in Atlanta it’s still hard, it’s very cliquey, so there I am a little but miserable ... to be honest I would have been back here by this year ... but because the kids are doing well, I’m like okay, I’ll give this thing a damn chance. Oh no honey, see I don’t play... Let me tell you something, I am not a celebrity, I am not here to shine on a red carpet. I was very clear about why I wanted to be in this industry ... The first thing I said to myself was that I will never be a starving artist, and I have never been a starving artist. When I make money, the reason I don’t drive fancy cars, 10 of them parked outside my house is because I am building here. I want a comfortable life. What other people see, I don’t care. It’s about what am I enjoying. I like a nice life. I like to pour petrol without having to check how much it costs ... that’s how I treat my money. WATCH: Tumi Morake: ‘I promised myself I’ll never be a starving artist’,IOL, 2023 External links Category:Actresses from South Africa Category:Comedians from South Africa Category:Television personalities Category:1981 births Category:Living people Category:Women born in the 1980s Category:Writers