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title: "2 Mixed Quotes By Carmen Ejogo"
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> [Growing up in London, with a hippie mom, I don't know that I'm most people's definition of what a black person is. I'm mixed, yes, but in the world I'm defined as black before I'm defined white. I've never been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-ejogo/growing-up-in-london-with-a-hippie-mom-i-don-t-know-that-i-m-most/)

[Carmen Ejogo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-ejogo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a0/carmen-ejogo-17716_been_growing-up-in-london-with-a-hippie-mom-i_413156.jpg)

> [One of the reasons I didn't ever pursue a career - in the music world if you're black or mixed, you need to be able to belt a song or else you're not a singer, you know?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-ejogo/one-of-the-reasons-i-didn-t-ever-pursue-a-career-in-the-music-world/)

[Carmen Ejogo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-ejogo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d5/carmen-ejogo-17716_able_one-of-the-reasons-i-didn-t-ever-pursue_1936800.jpg)

## Other authors on Mixed

## More by Carmen Ejogo

> [I was this very precocious kid with a big personality. When my mother saw that modelling was something I enjoyed, she didnt dissuade me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-ejogo/i-was-this-very-precocious-kid-with-a-big-personality-when-my-mother/)

[Carmen Ejogo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-ejogo/)

> [I really feel that I had a genuinely diverse, multicultural upbringing, and I just don't find New York to be quite as diverse. Maybe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-ejogo/i-really-feel-that-i-had-a-genuinely-diverse-multicultural-upbringing/)

[Carmen Ejogo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-ejogo/)

> [Great artists are the ones who have put their entire selves out there to be adored, humiliated, to be picked at, cherished, all of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-ejogo/great-artists-are-the-ones-who-have-put-their-entire-selves-out-there/)

[Carmen Ejogo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-ejogo/)

> [Growing up in London, with a hippie mom, I don't know that I'm most people's definition of what a black person is. I'm mixed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-ejogo/growing-up-in-london-with-a-hippie-mom-i-don-t-know-that-i-m-most/)

[Carmen Ejogo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-ejogo/)

> [I was a big fan of John Cassavetes, his wife, Gena Rowlands, and that era of filmmaking which was about realism and which represented…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-ejogo/i-was-a-big-fan-of-john-cassavetes-his-wife-gena-rowlands-and-that/)

[Carmen Ejogo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-ejogo/)

> [I was not seduced by the celebrity side of acting. However, as a British girl watching a lot of American TV, I saw that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-ejogo/i-was-not-seduced-by-the-celebrity-side-of-acting-however-as-a/)

[Carmen Ejogo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-ejogo/)

> [I come alive when I'm painting. I like to work in oils and acrylics, and the full sensory engagement and self-expression is very stimulating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-ejogo/i-come-alive-when-i-m-painting-i-like-to-work-in-oils-and-acrylics/)

[Carmen Ejogo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-ejogo/)

> [Do not let your light be dimmed by anybody who doesn't appreciate the dream that you're trying to pursue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-ejogo/do-not-let-your-light-be-dimmed-by-anybody-who-doesn-t-appreciate-the/)

[Carmen Ejogo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-ejogo/)

> [The great fear I've had to overcome is the fear of failure. It can be safer to stay in a comfort zone that's not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-ejogo/the-great-fear-i-ve-had-to-overcome-is-the-fear-of-failure-it-can-be/)

[Carmen Ejogo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-ejogo/)

> [I've stayed away from sexy roles. It's never interested me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-ejogo/i-ve-stayed-away-from-sexy-roles-it-s-never-interested-me/)

[Carmen Ejogo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-ejogo/)

> [Musicals are finally kind of coming back to a degree, perhaps out of a sense of nostalgia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-ejogo/musicals-are-finally-kind-of-coming-back-to-a-degree-perhaps-out-of-a/)

[Carmen Ejogo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-ejogo/)

> [There was a point when I was very young where I remember talking with my mom about going to drama school and this was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-ejogo/there-was-a-point-when-i-was-very-young-where-i-remember-talking-with/)

[Carmen Ejogo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-ejogo/)

> [Intelligence starts to get pretty dull if it's not coupled with kindness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-ejogo/intelligence-starts-to-get-pretty-dull-if-it-s-not-coupled-with/)

[Carmen Ejogo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-ejogo/)

> [The great fear I've had to overcome is the fear of failure. You have to be willing to be afraid, if you're going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-ejogo/the-great-fear-i-ve-had-to-overcome-is-the-fear-of-failure-you-have/)

[Carmen Ejogo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-ejogo/)

> [Any good director, and I've worked with a few that I would call very good, they know how to disarm any anxieties very quickly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-ejogo/any-good-director-and-i-ve-worked-with-a-few-that-i-would-call-very/)

[Carmen Ejogo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-ejogo/)

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