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I'm in favor of anything that promotes greener solutions.
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 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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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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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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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 like to disappear into a role. I equate the success of it with a feeling of being chemically changed.
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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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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 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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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 think fear is a very healthy motivator.
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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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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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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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That global poverty would end. That people would be able to eat. It's the worst shame in the world that people go hungry.
Chiwetel Ejiofor
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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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'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 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'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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