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19 quotes by Sophie Okonedo

Sophie Okonedo, OBE (born 11 August 1968) is a British actress. She received an OBE in the 2010 Queens Birthday Honours. Okonedo began her film career in 1991 in the British coming-of-age drama Young Soul Rebels before appearing in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995) and Stephen Frears' Dirty Pretty Things (2002). She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 2004 film Hotel Rwanda. She received a...
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I always try to think of positive things to say about the people I portray, as it's more helpful for me.

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The photo shoot I always feel a bit embarrassed about because I don't really know what to do with myself, but they usually don't use a bad... →

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But I'll tell you what I'm really bad at: I don't concentrate on what I'm doing, so I constantly lose things. I put my purse in the... →

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My main form of exercise is my bike. I don't have a car, so I cycle everywhere.

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I'm drawn to stories about ordinary people who get tangled up in an extraordinary event or idea or emotion. I'm not saying I don't love... →

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As a black actress, all I was offered in British film was the best friend role, whereas in TV I was offered a whole spectrum of parts.

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Being a character actor, I can go on until I'm 70 or 80; I'm not bound to the way I look.

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I've told lots of lies in my life. I try not to lie, but I still do. It's very difficult to get to 37 and not be ashamed of something... →

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I do love being an actress. The other stuff, the 'fame', well - you know what? - you don't actually have to buy into it if you don't... →

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I never watch anything I do. I really would rather just not know at all how I come across.

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My life is not nuts. I hardly ever watch television, I don't go out very much, so I don't really know what's going on.

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The repetition of the theatre means you've got the time to get deeply inside the person you're playing.

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When I do things that aren't very good, I'm worse as an actor. I don't know what I pick up - but it's something not very nice.

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