I don't tend to offer up a critique unless I have a clearly formulated alternative, because there's nothing worse than people on a set or any kind of artistic life who critique something but who don't have anything to offer. Chiwetel Ejiofor alternativeartisticbadly share on social
As an actor, you express certain things because they need to be expressed, and then you don't really feel a need to do it again. I want to feel something else, you know? Chiwetel Ejiofor actorexpressfeel 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'd never really considered film. If I'd thought about film more growing up, I probably would have changed my name. I had no concept of my name in lights. Chiwetel Ejiofor changeconceptconsider Change image and share on social
I love the theater community and theater life, and would love to figure out the distinctive differences between Broadway and the West End. Chiwetel Ejiofor broadwaycommunitydifference 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 started, obviously, doing theater, and I always thought that I would; in a way, I always thought that I'd be a theater actor. When I was starting out, I didn't really plan on making films, actually. Chiwetel Ejiofor actorfilmmake Change image and share on social
From deep in the slave hut is somebody calling over 150 years to all of our experiences and all of our ideas on human respect, and all of our ideas on dignity. And I felt like that's just incredibly powerful. Chiwetel Ejiofor calldeepdignity share on social
I've always liked the idea of being a father. And I've always romanticised it, because I lost my father when I was young. In a way, all of the complications that come with my career are about that. Chiwetel Ejiofor careercomplicationfather Change image and share on social
I became an actor by doing school plays and youth theaters, and then National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. And then I did study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. For me that was a good way to enter the field, to work in the theater. Chiwetel Ejiofor academyactorart share on social
