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I enjoy doing everything, comedy and drama. I just look for the characters really and what they offer.
Chiwetel Ejiofor
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Chiwetel Ejiofor
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: July 10
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Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor
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I started working as an actor, semi-professionally, when I was 16, and got my first professional gig at 19. I guess I've kind of worked pretty consistently since then.
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That global poverty would end. That people would be able to eat. It's the worst shame in the world that people go hungry.
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I don't ever feel like I've had a moment where I am like, There it is perfect and holy in all ways.
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I'm constantly discovering things. Like Bobby Bland. Right now I suppose I'm into the Eighties, which turned out to be a great musical period.
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Working in this industry, I do feel that science and creativity turned out to be a very useful combination for me.
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I have always been very fortunate in my working life in terms of the, I say that like I've not been fortunate at all in my private life.
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Ive just tried to keep my eyes open, tried to read everything you can, and tried to see whether I see myself within it. If I do, then I can get excited about it.
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I fell in love with film. I didn't start out to be a film actor. I wanted to be a theater actor.
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The thing about film is it is a very precise form. You know if you have it and you know if you don't have it. There's not really a middle bit where you're like, I think we kind of have that scene.
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I think I enjoy working obviously as a lead, but also you know I feel I'm also a character actor as well, so I enjoy approaching various projects in all sort of capacities. Any film I have been able to do I feel very fortunate to have been a part of.
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My music tastes are often 20 years behind.
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I think fear is a very healthy motivator.
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I'm in favor of anything that promotes greener solutions.
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I feel that audiences are very sophisticated, and part of my challenge is to keep them engaged because they are so complex.
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I remember being very affected by what was going on there towards the end of Apartheid. And the subject is still very pertinent, politically, to what's happening around the world today, in terms of negotiating peace talks. I had always been interested in this period of change in South Africa, generally, for a variety of reasons.
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My favorite thing to cook is anything that comes out okay. I'm very fond of certain pastas and sauces that I can just about cook from scratch. So those are what I like to cook, as well as roasted potatoes and chicken. Anything that tastes alright.
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Dividing everybody into genders and sexuality and races and religions, and I think its important to have films out there, to have discussions out there which really try to get to grips with where that kind of thing can lead.
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I like to disappear into a role. I equate the success of it with a feeling of being chemically changed.
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Depending on what your interest in theater is, I always recommend working on plays. It's a great way to be introduced to the field, and also a great way to be seen by agents and representation. I'm also a great advocate for studying acting at a drama school or a college.
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Ive always liked the idea of being a father. And Ive always romanticised it, because I lost my father when I was young. In a way, all of the complications that come with my career are about that.
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