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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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As a child, I certainly wanted to have hair that I could grow long and flip around. I no longer want that. My own hair that I have day to day is a... →

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I don't like going for more than a year without doing theatre. I don't mind falling flat on my face so long as I feel I'm open to the... →

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I find it so all-encompassing when acting that there's no room for anything else when you're in it; you're just locked into thinking... →

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I get offered loads of unusual stuff. I just don't do loads because I like staying at home a lot, and I'm a little bit lazy. I don't get... →

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Sometimes I really need the money, really need to go straight to work. But if I had the absolute choice - money no object, my mortgage paid off -... →

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When I take on a role, all I tend to do is get to know the script and ask millions of questions, and keep fine tuning what I think the character is... →

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