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David Oyelowo has 29 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• I hear God as an audible voice.
• It's fascinating to work with a company of actors of such different ages, experience and talents. I'm one of a generation brought…
• One of the things I have an allergic reaction to playing, especially as a black actor, is the mandatory kind of best…
• You can’t have people curating culture in this way when we need to see things in order to reform from them.
• Excellence is the best weapon against prejudice.
• I think until Britain acknowledges just how much of a presence black people had here before the Sixties, then there are certain…
• We can't afford to deny our past in a bid to be empowered. But what we can do is contextualize the past.
• I have a bee in my bonnet as to how few black historical figures one sees on film; incredible stories, stories from…
• I turned down a lot of easier opportunities in order to go for the things that I really and ultimately wanted to…
• I seem to be able to disassociate my insecurities. I know a lot of actors - some of the best actors in…
• Because I was aspirational, I did my work, I was respectful to my teachers, I experienced a lot of bullying from the…
• I was sometimes called 'coconut' when I was at school.

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