I was a big fan of John Cassavetes, his wife, Gena Rowlands, and that era of filmmaking which was about realism and which represented the antithesis of the dreamy escapism you found in musicals. — Carmen Ejogo Copy Share Image
I was this very precocious kid with a big personality. When my mother saw that modelling was something I enjoyed, she didnt dissuade me. — Carmen Ejogo Copy Share Image
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… — Carmen Ejogo Copy Share Image
Great artists are the ones who have put their entire selves out there to be adored, humiliated, to be picked at, cherished, all of… — Carmen Ejogo Copy Share Image
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,… — Carmen Ejogo Copy Share Image
I was a big fan of John Cassavetes, his wife, Gena Rowlands, and that era of filmmaking which was about realism and which represented… — Carmen Ejogo Copy Share Image
I was not seduced by the celebrity side of acting. However, as a British girl watching a lot of American TV, I saw that… — Carmen Ejogo Copy Share Image
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… — Carmen Ejogo Copy Share Image
Do not let your light be dimmed by anybody who doesn't appreciate the dream that you're trying to pursue. — Carmen Ejogo Copy Share Image
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… — Carmen Ejogo Copy Share Image
Musicals are finally kind of coming back to a degree, perhaps out of a sense of nostalgia. — Carmen Ejogo Copy Share Image
There was a point when I was very young where I remember talking with my mom about going to drama school and this was… — Carmen Ejogo Copy Share Image
