Why I've Stopped Working for Money - Kunle Afolayan

For many of us, we work everyday trying to enrich our pockets, build our names, our brands, and just basically try to achieve all the goals that we aspire to. But for Nollywood filmmaker Kunle Afolayan, he says that he is no longer bothered about all of that.

During a new interview with The Nation when asked what his aspirations are and what he wants to be remembered for, Kunle Afolayan revealed that he no longer has any further ambition, and doesn't work for money anymore. Here's exactly what Kunle Afolayan had to say in his own words.

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When asked what his aspirations are, and what he wants to be remembered for, Kunle Afolayan said:

KUNLE AFOLAYAN: I’m me. I’m just a guy who loves life, would love to live a mark and enjoy life. In basic terms, that’s who I am. When I say live a mark, I want to be remembered for something and that I have achieved. So the rest of the years I have to live would be to continue living and be me.

I have achieved what I want to be remembered for. I don’t have any further ambition. All I want to do is maintain my name. From the works that I have done and the impacts that I have made, as long as this current world exists, I have realised that my works can never be forgotten, what more can one ask for.

I’m not working for money. I always say to people that there were times when it was a real hustle but now, it’s more of fulfilling destiny. I still wake up early, I hardly even sleep, I work on projects. So when I say I don’t have further ambition, it doesn’t mean I’m not working, I just mean I’m not setting any goal. I have a school so I am building capacity and also building future filmmakers. I have children, I am also a parent and I am trying to teach them in the best possible way. I have an organisation where I put food on people’s tables and that would continue to grow. I also have a lot of people out there who don’t have one on one contact with me but they love me. I’ll always want to do things that will keep my name in people’s mouth and my reputation in people’s subconscious.

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