Beautiful actress and filmmaker, Mary Lazarus has averred that the negative perception people have about actresses must change.
Speaking in a chat with The Nation, Lazarus noted most people think actresses don’t make their money from acting.
“Most people think we don’t make money from acting. Though, we don’t earn much, but people still don’t believe that we spend what we earn. The perception people see when actors buy a brand new car; they would say ‘it’s from Sugar Daddy or Sugar Mummy that bought you the car.’
But these actors are working every day, like every week, they are on set and some people earn as much as N400,000 per movie so why won’t they afford to live a good life. People really need to change their perception of us (the actors). I don’t know-how. I don’t know what needs to change for people to be able to see us differently but the notion has to change”.
Asked about her most challenging movie role, she stated: “Every role is challenging because I bring in something new not what you have seen before”.