I am a proud person not arrogant - Frederick Leonard

Maybe he doesn’t have a profile as long and rich as Jim Iyke, or the fame and fortune of Richard Mofe Damijo but Anambra State-born actor, Frederick Leonard has the looks and passion most good-looking actors would wish they have. He hasn’t been around for long but he is already picking roles and having to do away with some because he is hot in demand.

The dashing, fast-rising star may not have a claim to having done many movies, not because the roles are not coming but because he has vowed to check the kind of films he features. According to him, he believes in featuring only in high quality films.

This and more has made many labeled the actor as being pompous and arrogant. When Potpourri took the matter to him, he was rather joyfully disposed to clear the air.

“Arrogance! That I am a proud person? Or that I have confidence is another thing altogether. I’ve been wanting to address this issue for a long time. You can’t succeed in any sphere of life if you wake up every morning trying to please your next door neighbour. One of the challenges we face as entertainers is that people just see you from afar and judge you. It’s quite disappointing, why would you stay 500 metres away and judge a book? Why not go through the pages of the book? As an actor, you would never succeed if you are not confident” he said

“Being sure of yourself and knowing what you do goes a long way. There are lots of actors that are not really fantastic, but because they are confident, they come across like they know the job. Why would you not exude confidence if you really know the job? It’s one of the key elements of being a good entertainer. But in the real world, if you exude much of that confidence, you are termed arrogant. I do not know see myself as being arrogant; I see myself as a proud, confident person.