Lateef Adedimeji comes from a very deep Muslim background and there is no actor in his family. When he started acting, he was always telling his dad lies, because he believed in education and wanted every one of us to be well educated.
However, one day he was doing rehearsals on my own and he had earlier told him,” I had a paper presentation. He called me and told me he would like to watch me do the presentation. I was surprised and he asked of the time and address, which, I reluctantly gave him.”