Celebrated for his ever clean shaven head, veteran actor, Alex Omiagbo Usifo, has since graduated from being an actor over the years to being a Producer and director for quite some time now. He talked at length with News Express Contributing Editor, IFECHI OKOH, on what it took him to climb to the current level and other interesting and enlightening issues about himself and Nollywood. Enjoy it!

You have been an actor for years, making your name as such. But today, you function as a producer and director at times. What does it take to function effectively as a producer and director?

Good! You people say and maintain that experience is the best teacher. While acting, I was keeping a tab on production and directing diligently. With time, I mastered both. Hence it was a walk over for me when I decided to delve into both at different times. You understand? Good!

What are your most challenging roles over the years as an actor?

Just be informed that there is no role that concerns acting that is not challenging, because they all involve acting. For you to portray well, the character in your script, you have to understand the script and get into it properly so as to portray convincingly that character by mastering and delivering the lines too well before going on set to shoot, so that you can have a perfect shooting, thereby avoiding the anger of the director who wouldn't condone any actor whose poor performance would draw him back as he barks out orders for a timely shooting. Time means a lot to directors. Hence, they can't waste time for any reason or reasons on set. This explains out rightly why everyone involved in any production must be serious and committed no matter how minor his or her role might be.

We noticed that you are fond of playing the bad man's role. Why?

Choosing a role in any movie production is solely the director’s prerogative. You as an actor or actress have no right or allowed to choose the part you would love to play. It is usually the Director who auditions every actor or actress and assigns them roles he deems fit, judging from each person’s natural looks. So my clean-shaven head always is the director’s handiwork. That explains how my current looks came about. However, it has not affected my versatility as an actor in anyway. Honestly!

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