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 Copy Share Image
I think the crucial thing about being an actor is to be doing it. — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
I enjoy doing everything, comedy and drama. I just look for the characters really and what they offer. — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
I was able to go on stage and work until it felt right or felt good. It meant that I very quickly… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an actor ever since I got on stage for the first time, aged 13. Before that, I thought… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
I love the theater community and theater life, and would love to figure out the distinctive differences between Broadway and the West… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
The only way to be an actor is to find ways to work as an actor, even if that means doing a… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
I would love to be a fly on the wall watching other directors and actors to see what their process is like. — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
As an actor, you express certain things because they need to be expressed, and then you don't really feel a need to… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
I started off doing plays as a theater actor. But I never thought of it in terms of it leading anywhere. I… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
There are many different ways the public can respond to actors - they can see you on TV and feel they know… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
I was already devouring literature and I was the ripe old age of 15 when I decided to be an actor. I… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
I think a lot of acting is about the removal of self-consciousness. The actor is going to be in front of a… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
I became an actor by doing school plays and youth theaters, and then National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. And then I… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
I think I enjoy working obviously as a lead, but also you know I feel I'm also a character actor as well,… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
Depending on what your interest in theater is, I always recommend working on plays. It's a great way to be introduced to… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
Certainly what constitutes a stage actor, what constitutes a film actor, I don't even know what that is. And both things are… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
I think when I was doing 'Amistad,' I was just too young to really understand what the process was, and beyond that,… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
The hardest thing for a film actor, especially if you are in a lot of the film, is sustaining energy for the… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
Once you click into a character, to a certain degree, you can do a lot else. You can do other stuff, then… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
I look at scripts really for whether they can be moving or penetrate some kind of truth. You are constantly chasing that… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
I think, as a younger actor, you are more open to the experience. And to an extent, you want to go into… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
I started, obviously, doing theater, and I always thought that I would; in a way, I always thought that I'd be a… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
I've always been a believer in research. It's great to have an instinctual human reaction to a character, too, of course, but it has… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share
There are many different ways the public can respond to actors - they can see you on TV and feel they know you and… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share
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… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share
We always want to live in an environment where there's no artificial block to good work. — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share
I do like sci-fi. When I was a kid, I was always sort of locked into sci-fi stories. So, sci-fi has always had a… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share
Ive always liked the idea of being a father. And Ive always romanticised it, because I lost my father when I was young. In… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share
I've always liked the idea of being a father. And I've always romanticised it, because I lost my father when I was young. In… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share
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… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share
It's hard to maintain a life when you do a play. You feel you have to pretend to go through a normal day, knowing… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share
Reporters tend to launch on what seems to be the clearest, most stark aspects of someone's life in terms of an interview. — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share
Working in this industry, I do feel that science and creativity turned out to be a very useful combination for me. — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share
The history of slavery and the complication of slavery is that it is an international concept. It is something that affected people who were… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share
All roads lead home in the end. You've got to keep that in mind always - in your work and in your life. — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share
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 Copy Share
