Nollywood actor, Damilola Ogunsin, fondly called Goldfish, has revealed that he was once told by a film director in the industry that he could not be an actor because he is an albino.
Ogunsin narrated this during an interview with hip TV, while revealing some of his major challenges in the movie industry.
He also said that his determination to become an actor made him quite his banking job.
Ogunsin said, “When I was coming into Nollywood, I had a major director who I will not mention his name. He looked at me and said, ‘Why do you want to be an actor? How many albinos do you find as actors? It’s not a place for you to be.
“I have been doing theatre since primary school. I have been in the theatre group in my primary school, secondary school, my church, in my polytechnic in Ibadan, in University of Lagos, and everywhere.”
Gold Fish said he does not think his “beautiful skin” will stand as a barrier to achieving his dreams.
“It has been six glorious years post-banking. And has it been easy? No. But what I try to do consistently, is to step out of the stereotype. I’m not trying to be known as the albino actor. I’m the actor who is an albino. That’s a different thing,” Ogunsin added.
