The idea of making a film - a film that I had certainly never seen before - about the slave experience was… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
From deep in the slave hut is somebody calling over 150 years to all of our experiences and all of our ideas… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
The inherited tradition is that we don't tell stories about slavery from the perspective of the slave. It's told through the president… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
I didn't know anything about '12 Years a Slave.' Not the book, not Solomon Northup, which I was quite shocked by, once… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
We always want to live in an environment where there's no artificial block to good work. — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
