I wouldn't be the same actor if I couldn't do theater. Chiwetel Ejiofor actortheater Change image and share on social
If you're looking at people like Patrice Lumumba, you are looking at people who had a very definite plan, and events overran them. Chiwetel Ejiofor definiteeventlumumba Change image and share on social
I can run a good few miles. I box a little. Chiwetel Ejiofor boxgoodmile Change image and share on social
I enjoy doing everything, comedy and drama. I just look for the characters really and what they offer. Chiwetel Ejiofor charactercomedydrama Change image and share on social
Since I started acting, I always or often find work takes precedence with me. And that is not necessarily a great rule for life. Chiwetel Ejiofor actfindgreat Change image and share on social
I wanted to be an actor ever since I got on stage for the first time, aged 13. Before that, I thought I might follow in the medical footsteps of my parents: my father was a doctor, my mother a pharmacist. Chiwetel Ejiofor actoragedoctor share on social
I think, as a younger actor, you are more open to the experience. And to an extent, you want to go into things blind and energised as if you were 15. Keep that terror. Chiwetel Ejiofor actorblindenergise Change image and share on social
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 and accessible to you. Chiwetel Ejiofor accessiblebraincharacter Change image and share on social
There's a catharsis in cutting down trees. But there's absolutely none of that in picking cotton. It's maddening! It's fiddly, and it pricks your fingers, and it's something that's a very hard skill if you have no alacrity for it. Chiwetel Ejiofor absolutelyalacritycatharsis share on social
I didn't know anything about '12 Years a Slave.' Not the book, not Solomon Northup, which I was quite shocked by, once I'd read it, that it wasn't a seminal text. I think it deserves to be. Chiwetel Ejiofor bookdeservenorthup Change image and share on social
