Sophie Okonedo Quotes & Sayings

“I always try to think of positive things to say about the people I portray, as it's more helpful for me.”

“The photo shoot I always feel a bit embarrassed about because I don't really know what to do with myself, but they usually don't use a bad photo, so you can't worry too much. So my main concern is that I just look a bit more like myself.”

“But I'll tell you what I'm really bad at: I don't concentrate on what I'm doing, so I constantly lose things. I put my purse in the fridge - I'm one of those people.”

“My main form of exercise is my bike. I don't have a car, so I cycle everywhere.”

“I'm drawn to stories about ordinary people who get tangled up in an extraordinary event or idea or emotion. I'm not saying I don't love films about super-people or super-doctors, but my preference is for stories about how we get through this life, what it is to be human, because I'm always struggling with it myself.”

“As a black actress, all I was offered in British film was the best friend role, whereas in TV I was offered a whole spectrum of parts.”

“Being a character actor, I can go on until I'm 70 or 80; I'm not bound to the way I look.”

“I do love being an actress. The other stuff, the 'fame', well - you know what? - you don't actually have to buy into it if you don't want to.”

“I never watch anything I do. I really would rather just not know at all how I come across.”

“My life is not nuts. I hardly ever watch television, I don't go out very much, so I don't really know what's going on.”