I don’t want any man in my life for now – Actress Steph- Nora Okereke

Veteran actress, Steph Nora-Okereke is back with
a bang as she is currently on set working on a
couple of new projects…
In a recent chat with Entertainer (Sun) , the actress
opens up on her new look and projects.
Read Excerpts:
You have been in Nollywood for 21 years, how
has the journey been for you?
I have grown from strength to strength, from
trials to tribulations and then to victories. The
industry like I told you has metamorphosed into a
grown baby and now we are where we are. Back
then, we probably were taking a shot in the dark
but now we know what we are doing and where
we are headed. We have enough technical
expertise and whatever. We can achieve anything
now. We have the right platform because people
are now investing.

21 years after, what is your most challenging
experience in Nollywood?
That is transcending from an actress to a
producer. It was not easy. I started aspiring to be
a producer very early. I had to deny myself a lot
of things. My first attempt at shooting a movie
was in 1995 and I only came into the industry in
1994. That tells you how long ago I have been
working. To shoot a cinema film is a challenge I
am facing now because the picture is different
and requires more funds.
What project are you working on currently?
I always tell people that I am a dynamic artiste. I
have my finger in many pies in the industry.
Professionally, I am filmmaker, actress and
scriptwriter. I have various projects I am working
on right now. Talking about acting, I am on set
doing Family Ties. I am also on set shooting a
movie with my friend entitled, Go Getters, and we
are still shooting. Talking production, I am
working on my first feature film entitled, Robata.
What has been the secret to your success?
Perseverance, I must confess. I am just one
person who has not been lucky. I couldn’t scale
the fence or come in through the window. I had
to do the do and go through the rudiments. I had
to do all the auditions and all the lobbying and
had to work without getting paid. As a writer, I
have written and written but the challenge I have
as a writer which actually is my primary
profession was that I was writing closet drama.
Getting someone to tell your story the way you
have written it was a big issue for me. Once I
sold my script and by the time I watched the
movie it wasn’t my story. I was so disappointed.
Ever since, I have been producing my scripts
myself.
Do you want to grow locks?
No, it is just natural. Also I don’t eat artificial
food, I eat only organic food. I eat natural. I don’t
do tinned and frozen foods.
Who is the man in your life?
God, what do you mean the man in your life?
I mean your guy
Oh!
You are young and beautiful, how could you say
there is no man in your life?
(Laughter) Don’t you think I am looking this way
because there is no man in my life?
But like they say, every woman needs a man
That is what they say, it is not what I know.
Tell me what you know?
Probably, what I know is that every man needs
God but this is my private life, let’s talk about
something else