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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.
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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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 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'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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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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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 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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I like to disappear into a role. I equate the success of it with a feeling of being chemically changed.
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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 think fear is a very healthy motivator.
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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 was always lucky that I've always had a gig, I'm fortunate in that way.
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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 wouldnt be the same actor if I couldnt do theater.
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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.
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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'm in favor of anything that promotes greener solutions.
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