Chiwetel Ejiofor Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Different people approach the universe in different ways, but they also approach their own expectations in different ways.”

“The Second World War simplified things like race, and people came down on very clear lines.”

“I am struck by how, walking down the street, I'm rarely made aware of my race, but that among journalists, race is absolutely massive.”

“If you're looking at people like Patrice Lumumba, you are looking at people who had a very definite plan, and events overran them.”

“It's hard to tell the story if you're not involved yourself, emotionally.”

“The inherited tradition is that we don't tell stories about slavery from the perspective of the slave. It's told through the president or the lawyer.”

“David Mamet was great to work with. He was everything that I thought he would be as a director. He's incredibly articulate, an easy collaborator. Extraordinarily knowledgeable about film and writing.”

“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.”

“I was already devouring literature and I was the ripe old age of 15 when I decided to be an actor. I just thought plays were the most fantastic way of expressing life. I thought I'd discovered Shakespeare - 'hey, there's a new guy in town, don't know if anyone's read him.' I was just excited about the whole thing, from day one.”

“We always want to live in an environment where there's no artificial block to good work.”