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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.
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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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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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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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 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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My music tastes are often 20 years behind.
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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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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 enjoy doing everything, comedy and drama. I just look for the characters really and what they offer.
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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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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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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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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'm in favor of anything that promotes greener solutions.
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I wouldnt be the same actor if I couldnt do theater.
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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 like to disappear into a role. I equate the success of it with a feeling of being chemically changed.
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I think fear is a very healthy motivator.
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