Veteran actor, Patrick Doyle has criticised the attitude of some up-and-coming actors, warning that their lack of humility could cut their careers short.
The top movie star recently criticised young actors for having “character problems” and acting as though they should receive preferential treatment despite being relatively new to the business in an interview with Nollywood On Radio.
Doyle, 64, expressed shock at actors in their 20s and 30s who use personal assistants (PAs) to do simple things like untie their shoelaces or give them drink.
“I have seen young actors, young people who just started acting two years ago, they have what they call PA who brings water to them in a cup and puts it in their mouth. These are young people in their mid to late twenties, early thirties and somebody is bending down to untie your shoelace,” he said.
“And I am saying to myself ‘you have no sense’. One of the reasons why I change on set is to let those idiots see that this is how it is done, do not get too carried away. This is because there is going to be a time when they would not be cast for films, especially if you were an a*****e in your heyday.
“When you get to your 40s and 50s, the producers are going to tell themselves that the roles that are coming are far in between, your fees have shrunk. You can no longer afford a PA, but then you would be making conditions to the producer that you would give me a PA.
“Someone must be attached to me to take care of me. The producers are going to tell themselves that it is not your face selling their movie, so why are you making such demands? Then, they are going to stop talking to you.”