I am a proud person, not arrogant' - Frederick Leonard

In an interview with Vanguard, fast rising Nollywood actor, Frederick Leonard, addressed reports that he is very arrogant and pompous. There have been talks amongst Nollywood industry  players that Frederick is proud simply because he turns down movie roles, which according to him, he vowed to check the kind of movies he is cast in, saying he believes in featuring only in high quality films.

“Arrogance! That I am a proud person? Or that I have  confidence is another thing altogether. I’ve been wanting to address this issue for a long time. You can’t succeed in any sphere of life if you wake up every morning trying to please your next door neighbour. One of the challenges we face as entertainers is that people just see you from afar and judge you. It’s quite disappointing, why would you stay 500 metres away and judge a book? Why not go through the pages of the book? As an actor, you would never succeed if you are not confident,” he said. Continue...

“Being sure of yourself and knowing what you do goes a long way. There are lots of actors that are not really fantastic, but because they are confident, they come across like they know the job. Why would you not exude confidence if you really know the job? It’s one of the key elements of being a good entertainer. But in the real world, if you exude much of that confidence, you are termed arrogant. I do not know see myself as being arrogant; I see myself as a proud, confident person.