You do as much research as you can for any project. Chiwetel Ejiofor projectresearch Change image and share on social
Dividing everybody into genders and sexuality and races and religions, and I think it's important to have films out there, to have discussions out there which really try to get to grips with where that kind of thing can lead. Chiwetel Ejiofor discussiondividefilm share on social
I like to disappear into a role. I equate the success of it with a feeling of being chemically changed. That's the only way I can express it. Chiwetel Ejiofor changechemicallydisappear Change image and share on social
Sometimes television can just jump from one bit of plot to the next, and the words fill in the in-between. Chiwetel Ejiofor bitefilljump Change image and share on social
I was the classic middle child in some ways, the one who could have been a priest in an alternate universe. Chiwetel Ejiofor alternatechildclassic Change image and share on social
I am struck by how, walking down the street, I'm rarely made aware of my race, but that among journalists, race is absolutely massive. Chiwetel Ejiofor absolutelyawarejournalist Change image and share on social
I was attracted to 'Half of a Yellow Sun' because of the story. Chiwetel Ejiofor attracthalfstory Change image and share on social
London and L.A. are both places I feel I can call home. It's a nice balance of Californian calm and that slightly more engaged, electric London vibe that I've always loved. Chiwetel Ejiofor balancecaliforniancall Change image and share on social
I still have to say that I did 'Dirty Pretty Things' 11 years ago. That was a very sudden shift in my life and my relationship to my work, and it didn't feel it was impossible to make a film like that. Chiwetel Ejiofor agodirtyfeel 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
