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I would love to be a fly on the wall watching other directors and actors to see what their process is like.
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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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 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 think fear is a very healthy motivator.
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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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I like to disappear into a role. I equate the success of it with a feeling of being chemically changed.
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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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I became an actor by doing school plays and youth theaters, and then National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. And then I did study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. For me that was a good way to enter the field, to work in the theater.
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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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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'm constantly looking to see whether I look the same as I did earlier, whether I've put on or lost any weight.
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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 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 wouldnt be the same actor if I couldnt do theater.
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I'm in favor of anything that promotes greener solutions.
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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 enjoy doing everything, comedy and drama. I just look for the characters really and what they offer.
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