Nollywood Veteran Patience Ozokwor Says She’s Not Wicked And Cries Easily
It will be hard to rival the Nollywood actress when it comes to being wicked as far as executing script characters goes. She is a wicked mother-in-law all round! However, that IS NOT her character in real life. In fact, she the direct opposite. In an interview with Punch, Patience Ozokwor disclosed she’s not wicked but simple and cries easily.
Read some excerpts from the interview.
Some people feel you are able to act as a wicked mother-in-law so well because you are one in real life. Is that really so?
Nothing can be farther from the truth. I am a simple person who doesn’t like to interfere in other people’s lives.
Sometimes, I cry when I watch some of the movies I acted in. I am nothing like that and you can never see me where wicked acts are being perpetuated. If anybody close to me does something wrong, I will not shield the person. Like I have said several times, I am an actress and every character I have ever played ended on the set.
You got married at a young age. In what ways did that experience impact on your growth as a person?
I believe firmly that everything that happens to a person is ordained by God. You may not understand why you’re going through certain situations but as you grow older, you will recognise the hand of God in your life.
Truly, I got married at a young age due to the bidding of my parents. At that age, marriage wasn’t what was on my mind but I had to go into it to make my parents happy. It was a combination of good and bad times but I thank God because that experience really built me as a person and taught me a lot. It made me more mature. As a young girl going into marriage, I didn’t have it rosy at that point because I didn’t understand many things. At the time I got married to my husband, I had a lot of suitors vying for my hands in marriage but I had to go with my parents’ choice.
However, my late husband was a good man and he took care of his family.
Why do you think your parents made that choice for you?
The question would be best answered by them.
Your late husband was sick for sometime before he passed. How did you cope then?
It wasn’t really a palatable experience and I don’t like to recollect it. However, God was able to get us through. Living with someone who is ill could be very challenging because you have to do many things on your own. At times, it could be frustrating but one would keep hoping that the sick person gets better. When he finally died, I felt very bitter but I could not question God. Recall that I was also quite young at the time.
After you got born again, you changed your style of dressing and advocated same for others. Considering that people have criticised you for that, how do you feel?
I did not advocate anything for anybody. We all have our lives to live and we have different relationships with God. That I decide to dress in a particular way doesn’t mean everybody else has to do the same. The important thing is to be decent at all times.
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