The thing that would probably surprise most people was that Dr. Martin Luther King was a very reluctant leader. He felt very… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
Dr. Martin Luther King was never a man to say 'I've got this' as the leader of the movement. He wasn't always… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
When you reflect upon the significance of Dr. King to this nation, it's criminal that he hasn't had a feature film that… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
I think what a lot of people don't realize is how much being the leader of this movement weighed upon him. After… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, everyone knows what it is to be loved and to aspire to love someone, to want to be… — David Oyelowo Copy Share
I truly believe that one of the things that has been lacking in America is a spirit of repentance about the injustices of slavery… — David Oyelowo Copy Share
As you know, Sunday at 11 o'clock is the most segregated hour in America. You have black churches; you have white churches; you have… — David Oyelowo Copy Share
If you merely focus on what we already know, then it's not revelatory. You may as well just go and watch a documentary or… — David Oyelowo Copy Share
I basically enjoy doing films that are about something, that have complex roles that I can sink my teeth into. Basically, I gravitate to… — David Oyelowo Copy Share
In my time since moving to the United States, I've found that there is a dearth of great writing for black people. There are… — David Oyelowo Copy Share
We can't afford to deny our past in a bid to be empowered. But what we can do is contextualize the past. — David Oyelowo Copy Share
I am a father, I am very aware of the things that I'm putting out in the world knowing that one day my children… — David Oyelowo Copy Share
I feel television is in a fantastically rich vein of what it's presenting both by opportunity to actors and to audiences. — David Oyelowo Copy Share
I do think how two people dance with each other is indicative of how they feel about each other. It can tell a lot… — David Oyelowo Copy Share
People have compact to go beyond our own culture and upbringing to a degree that I think we don't acknowledge enough really. — David Oyelowo Copy Share
I truly believe that we cannot come to a place of reconciliation until there is individual repentance and corporate repentance. — David Oyelowo Copy Share
Africa is trying to find its way back to a sense of itself, when much of that was lost through colonization. — David Oyelowo Copy Share
![“I think what a lot of people don't realize is how much being the leader of this movement weighed upon him. After all, he [Dr. Martin Luter King] was only 39 years-old when he was assassinated, and only 36 during the Selma campaign. He always seemed older than he actually was, and I believe part of…” quote by David Oyelowo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/876/david-oyelowo-7952_believe_i-think-what-a-lot-of-people-don-t-reali_2056391.jpg)