“There is always the issue of people wanting to take advantage of you, calling you up to ask you out, promising to get you a role and all that. For me, I had to tell a lot of people ‘no’ and I got so many disappointments.
“Of course, when you refuse them they don’t give you the role. But that doesn’t mean better ones would not come your way.
“I remember I had to dry fast for seven days to get a particular role. That would be the most desperate thing I have ever done. I really needed the role and I didn’t want anybody to ask me out or get funny before they could offer me the role, so I had to do dry-fasting for seven days to get it.
“Thankfully, God answered me and I got the role. The movie is not out yet, it will be released this year.