“Finding my passion has really helped me, I go to work not thinking I am working”. - Bolanle Austen-Peters

Even though your family and friends discourage you, and you know where you're going, keep your focus and surround yourself with positive minds.

I'm a woman of faith, but what I found in Nigeria is that a lot of people have increasingly been driven into this crazy love for worshipping men instead of God.

So in directing over the past 10 years, I understand how to make a connection with people. This is because what’s often lacking in a lot of productions is the ability to connect. So, once the emotions are not there and people can’t feel what you are saying, you have lost the audience.