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In a recent interview with Graphic Showbiz, popular Ghanaian actor John Dumelo revealed how the women he�d dated had asked him to stop acting because they couldn�t stand seeing him play romantic roles. Like him, many actors always get to the point when they have to choose between their acting career and a partner. Perhaps not too many of these partners can cope with the kissing and caressing that comes with acting or they simply can�t bear to watch their partners play Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas as in the film �Basic Instinct�. Charming actress Vicky Zugah has disclosed that she would make the ultimate sacrifice if it ever came to that point. In an interview with me, the bubbly actress who�s also a cosmetologist revealed that she�d been in a couple of relationships that demanded her to choose between her partner and her acting career. She ultimately chose acting over love. �I�ve always said I�d choose my job over men because men like independent women. So if this was my career before you met me, then you should be able to trust and understand what I do. If you�re in my life and you�re asking me to stop what I�m doing because you want me in your life or you want me to be your wife, then it�s not going to work. If you can�t trust me as an actress, you won�t be able to trust me as a doctor or lawyer�, she said. When asked whether actors had particularly difficult time in relationships, the �Tears of Womanhood� actress was definite in her response saying �We do! It�s very difficult because we play roles, we kiss, we caress�we do all sorts of things and you sit back with your partner and watch. How�re you going to convince him that you did that in the presence of other people on set and not the two of you? �The guy is not into acting and so doesn�t know what it entails�. She said that although the kisses are real, there is no emotional attachment and that it is just business. Vicky continued that �the gynaecologist, examines many women but how many of them does he sleep with? We kiss the guys, they kiss us�we touch them, they touch us but all that ends on the movie set.� As one who was rumoured to be pregnant for a television personality, sometime ago, Vicky has had her fair share of publicity in the entertainment media. When I revisited the issue during our interview, the actress said �I�m very very not pregnant. I haven�t been pregnant for like 9 years. I�ve got a child and haven�t been pregnant since then�some people said I was pregnant and I aborted, but it�s not true�. When I asked how she reacted to the rumour, she said �personally, I�ve come to accept some of these things�they come with the job and the career I�ve chosen. Frankly, I don�t mind those rumours anymore but my concern is the people around me. Maybe if I had a guy at the time, l�m imagining how he was going to take it. So I try to explain to the people who matter to me�. Many people, who know Vicky well, would have noticed the tattoos she wears. When I asked whether her tattoos had a story, the lively actress beamed with a smile, giggled and said �there�s no story behind my tattoo. I just love tattoos. I did cosmetology and tattoo was a part of the course. So there�s no �show-story� to my tattoo�. Some movie observers have suggested that the tattoos she wears cause her to be cast for the bad-girl-type roles. Responding to this critique, the tattoo-wearing actress disclosed �I�ve had a director telling me to take it easy on the tattoos because I may be cast one day to play an orphan, a roman sister or a house wife. But I told him that we have concealers. Makeup is designed to cover blemishes on the body and tattoo is one of them. Stardom has a way of making some actors forget their beginnings but Vicky disclosed, �I�m very down-to-earth. People who knew me before I started acting would confirm that I haven�t changed one bit. Some people are not able to keep the same friends they had before they became public figures, but I believe I�m very good at keeping people and maintaining friendships. I don�t let stardom create a gap between me and my friends.� �I always tell myself that I�m the one on TV today and they�re not. I don�t know what tomorrow may bring�tomorrow it may be them on TV and me off TV because I can�t be on TV for the rest of my life. Would I be comfortable if someone didn�t treat me fairly because I�m not on TV?� Fame comes with a price tag and most actors can hardly escape this reality. Describing her price-of-fame moment, the actress disclosed �I�ve had people not liking me because of a particular role I�ve played in a movie. They approach me and start calling me �ashawo� (prostitute) You approach them and try to explain to them that it�s not you, but what you�ve been directed to do, most of them don�t accept this explanation. They feel once you�ve been able to portray that role so well; you must be that kind of person. To them, there�s no smoke without fire.� Looking on the brighter side of life, actress Vicky Zugah revealed that she was making arrangements to launch her foundation, �Vicky Zugah Foundation�, that would aim at raising funds for needy children or adolescents below 15 years who have illnesses that require surgery.