‘I was earning very little as a lawyer’, Femi Adebayo on why he chose acting
Actor and filmmaker Adebayo revealed the reason he dumped his legal profession to focus on his acting career.
In a recent interview, the law graduate disclosed that money motivated him to drop his law practice.
According to him, he was practicing law and earning N20,000 monthly, while acting was merely a hobby until the day her earned N50,000 for a three-day acting appearance.
Adebayo said, “Honestly speaking, that was when I started working as a lawyer. My salary then was just N20,000 on a monthly basis and acting was a hobby for me all this while. So not until they invited me for acting roles, they were ready to pay me N50,000 for three days. And as a lawyer, I was getting N20,000 for one month. I said, Femi, this acting is your calling. That was when I decided that I would abandon law practice and face entertainment fully.”
Adebayo holds a Master’s Degree in Law from the University of Ibadan.
