Prince Jide Kosoko has been a professional actor for almost 60 years. He has appeared in both Yoruba and English-language films with the presence of a colossus. He is so brilliant that his coworkers refer to him as a chameleon when it comes to assuming different characteristics in order to convey his roles.
In a recent interview with Vanguard, the actor discussed the advantages and disadvantages of being a celebrity.
“That is far from the truth,” he stated in response to suggestions that performers are philanderers. We are, in reality, one of the professions with the most disciplined people. As public personalities, we have a tendency to make a lot of noise about whatever we do. That isn’t to suggest we don’t go out on dates or sleep with each other. The career is a fortunate one, and individuals should appreciate the positive aspects of it as well. Through our artistic creations, we educate, entertain, admonish, and enlighten the globe.”
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“Continuity, not one film, brings an actor to the limelight,” he observed of stardom. People will take note of a certain face when they see it in good works, and they will reckon with it over time. That is how celebrity is gained. That’s why I despise some of my coworkers who think they can make any performer into a celebrity in an instant. I rose to prominence as a result of a steady stream of high-quality cinematic productions.”
Jide Kosoko also spoke on his life as a polygamist “I never envisaged being a polygamist though I am a product of one. My parents didn’t support it either. My first wife was a business woman. I craved for somebody who was in the same field with me. In those days, the best advice you can get is from your better half and that was how the second woman came to be. Along the line, I lost the two to child births within 11 months interval. I had seven children at that time, so I didn’t plan remarrying or having more children again. But after much persuasion from my doctor and relatives, I decided to have a woman with the agreement of not having more children but a complete African woman will not agree to that. One thing led to the other and I got two women again. So being a polygamist is not intentional but God’s design which I do not have a right over.”