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63 quotes by Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetelu Umeadi "Chiwetel" Ejiofor, OBE (/ˈtʃuːwɨtɛl ˈɛdʒi.oʊfɔr/ CHEW-i-tel EJ-i-oh-for; born 10 July 1977) is a British actor of film, television, and theatre. After enrolling at the National Youth Theatre in 1995, and then subsequently gaining a scholarship to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, aged 19, and only three months into his course, Ejiofor was cast by Steven Spielberg to play a supporting part in Amistad as James Covey....
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I wanted to be an actor ever since I got on stage for the first time, aged 13. Before that, I thought I might follow in the medical footsteps of my... →

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There's a catharsis in cutting down trees. But there's absolutely none of that in picking cotton. It's maddening! It's fiddly, and it... →

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It's a strange thing, but you get this click in your brain; the wonderful feeling that the entirety of a character is suddenly available and... →

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I was attracted to 'Half of a Yellow Sun' because of the story.

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The idea of making a film - a film that I had certainly never seen before - about the slave experience was a huge responsibility. It's a project... →

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I like to disappear into a role. I equate the success of it with a feeling of being chemically changed. That's the only way I can express it.

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I was the classic middle child in some ways, the one who could have been a priest in an alternate universe.

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Different people approach the universe in different ways, but they also approach their own expectations in different ways.

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This is going to sound completely absurd, but I do sometimes feel like the enjoyment of an awards ceremony or the pride in the finished article... →

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The Second World War simplified things like race, and people came down on very clear lines.

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I am struck by how, walking down the street, I'm rarely made aware of my race, but that among journalists, race is absolutely massive.

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If you're looking at people like Patrice Lumumba, you are looking at people who had a very definite plan, and events overran them.

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It's hard to tell the story if you're not involved yourself, emotionally.

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