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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.
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 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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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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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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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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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 accessible to you.
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I've always enjoyed doing a huge variety of roles, which I think helps, instead of settling for the things I might be most comfortable with.
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I think Africa will have a crisper impact on Europe, as it has traditionally, and then that will filter into the American cultural psyche, in the way that India has.
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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 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 was always lucky that I've always had a gig, I'm fortunate in that way.
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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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Certainly what constitutes a stage actor, what constitutes a film actor, I don't even know what that is. And both things are very accurate, in a sense. In terms of people's needs to concentrate on race, I wonder if it's completely necessary, but it's not something that is so dynamically relevant to me that I feel it should be one thing or another.
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I am aware that I have been incredibly fortunate in my life to work with the people that I have worked with and pursue the projects that I have been able to do. There are so many films that I have done that I really, as a film person, as a film fan, that I like. And that is a nice place to think of a career in.
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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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Reporters tend to launch on what seems to be the clearest, most stark aspects of someone's life in terms of an interview.
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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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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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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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