Famous Nollywood actress and filmmaker, Funke Akindele has made some interesting revelations.

She said: “I started my career from like 1996, playing waka pass roles, 1997 going for auditions, getting a lot of nos.”

“Then I got one big yes with ‘I Need to Know’ and that is how I got my first N1 million.”

“I almost lost the role ‘Bisi’ in ‘I Need to Know’. I shot the pilot of I Need to Know first and I acted so well, and I was waiting for this callback. The callback didn’t come on time. I’m like, ah, okay.”

“Then he just called me into the office. I’m like, okay, you’re a fantastic actress, you’re doing so well, but you’re overacting. They told me to go home and read my script, understand the character very well.”

“I was so worried. I said how am I going to do it now? Then I got home, and I was so moody, and my younger sister was like sister, what’s wrong?”

“I said, ‘I Need to Know’. They said I’m not talking like a teenager.”

“She said ah because I was not a teenager when I was filming ‘I Need to Know’. She said ah, let me see the script and she held the script. She started reading.”

“So I heard mama speak like a teenager, and immediately, you know, I took in the character and I started speaking like mama and that and that was how I got the role.”

“So that was how I made my first one million naira. We were paid for an episode, but I will not tell you how much, but all together, ah, I was shocked. I was like me that always jump for bike.”

“What did I do with one million naira? First, I showed it to my mom. Of course, she knows about it, and then mommy advised and said I have to pay my tithe first.”

“I paid my tithe, then I entered Yaba because I didn’t have shoes. I didn’t have maybe two or three I had there. I didn’t have good clothes.”

“I changed my wardrobe, shoes, bags, everything. The girl that had no shoes yesterday has today.”