David Oyelowo Quotes
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I hear God as an audible voice.
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It's fascinating to work with a company of actors of such different ages, experience and talents. I'm one of a generation brought up on television…
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One of the things I have an allergic reaction to playing, especially as a black actor, is the mandatory kind of best friend/cop/detective type. You…
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You can’t have people curating culture in this way when we need to see things in order to reform from them.
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Excellence is the best weapon against prejudice.
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I think until Britain acknowledges just how much of a presence black people had here before the Sixties, then there are certain stories that are…
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We can't afford to deny our past in a bid to be empowered. But what we can do is contextualize the past.
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I have a bee in my bonnet as to how few black historical figures one sees on film; incredible stories, stories from which we are…
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I turned down a lot of easier opportunities in order to go for the things that I really and ultimately wanted to do. And what's…
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I seem to be able to disassociate my insecurities. I know a lot of actors - some of the best actors in the world -…
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Because I was aspirational, I did my work, I was respectful to my teachers, I experienced a lot of bullying from the black kids. My…
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I was sometimes called 'coconut' when I was at school.
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Asher means 'happy and blessed' which embodies my eldest. Caleb means 'stubborn and tenacious dog' and I can't even tell you how much that is…
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Considering that I'm British and I talk the way I do, I love it when a director takes a chance on me.
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I love that as a black person I've experienced not being a minority. I think that's helped me to combat the minority mentality people can…
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My parents are very hard working people who did everything they could for their children. I have two brothers and they worked dog hard to…
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I know I had my equivalents in Adrian Lester and Lenny James when I was at drama school. I remember David Harewood doing 'Othello' at…
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I consider myself a human being, a Christian, a father, a husband, so many things, before being a black person.
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I don't have a tailor, but I do love clothes.
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I like to think of myself as a physical actor.
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