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? — Carmen Ejogo Copy Share Image
I dabbled a little bit in the whole music thing but I've always thought about Bernie Taupin, who is Elton John's lyricist; Elton John is the great melody and song writer but Bernie Taupin is the one who writes all… — 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
