Beautiful Yoruba actress, Toyin Idowu on Saturday said she was tired of acting and may consider quitting Nollywood over persistent request for sex by directors in exchange for movie roles. The actress who disclosed this in an interview with Potpourri said she would return to acting only if she gets a fair proposition without any pressure from movie directors.
According to her;
“You cannot get a role in a movie without conditions,” she said. “I don’t want to drag anyone into this but there are many directors out there who wouldn’t give you a role without attaching a condition and most times the condition is sex. I would have gone far if I’m the type that sleeps around but I can never sell my body in exchange for anything. Acting is not a do or die affair. If I don’t make it as an actress that doesn’t mean I can’t make it elsewhere.
“People had told me it is an inevitable thing in the industry and when I started going to locations I found out it was really true. I’m not saying I am a saint or perfect, but I can’t trade my body for a script. Some people may not have experienced this or gone through what I have experienced but I am talking about myself and what I went through. That is why I gave up acting”
On whether she would return to acting, she said;
“Seriously, I can’t say for now because it has been long I went to any location and I have no plans of going back. And more importantly to me, I don’t want to lose my relationship because I am in a very serious relationship now. Most of our actresses don’t have long-lasting relationships because of their career. What is a career without a man in your life? Since I stopped acting I have not had any regret.”
