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I am not retiring anytime soon – David Dontoh on his career
Award-winning Ghanaian actor and film director David Dontoh has said he is not retiring anytime soon, not even when he attains the age of 100 years.
According to the 58 years old actor, it is easy for a person of old age to still be on the job provided he /she can walk and speak.
“I don’t know why they even use that…veteran actor. I’m not retiring in fact actors are the only professionals who don’t retire. If I am even a hundred years and can walk and talk I will still act”, David Dontoh said on e-TV in a studio discussion monitored by MyNewsGh.com.
David Dontoh is one of Ghana’s finest actors who has featured in both local and international movies.
He has been very influential in the development of television and drama, especially during the golden age of theatre in Ghana in the 80s and 90s. He took up acting in 1980 after seeing a National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) newspaper advert inviting potential actors to come forward for training in stage and film acting. The title of his first NAFTI film was “The Way To Shame” a short seven-minute stage production that was directed by Alex Bannerman as part of his formal assessment in drama production. Alex who was a student of NAFTI at the time had chanced upon David and persuaded him to play the lead role as the intended person had not shown up during the shooting.

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