Top 79 Quotes by David Oyelowo

About David Oyelowo

These are some quotes by English author David Oyelowo Actor, who was born on April 1, 1976.

For me, I actively look for projects that showcase people of color.

For me, I actively look for projects that showcase people of color.

David Oyelowo

I was sometimes called 'coconut' when I was at school.

I was sometimes called 'coconut' when I was at school.

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I grew up watching period dramas, as we all did in the 1980s and '90s - endless adaptations of Jane Austen and Charles Dickens - and I loved them. But I never saw anyone like me in them, so I decided to find a story to erode the excuses for me not doing one.

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Getting to do what I think was my fifth BBC drama with Nikki Amuka-Bird - we've done 'Shoot The Messenger,' 'Five Days,' 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency,' 'Born Equal' and now 'Small Island' - was another highlight for me. And filming in Jamaica was great, too.

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I know that I am not owed the right to make movies. I know God has given me this privileged position, and I have to work dog-hard as an actor to make the films the best they can be.

I know that I am not owed the right to make movies. I know God has given me this privileged position, and I have to work dog-hard as an actor to make the films the best they can be.

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The kinds of stories I want to be a part of telling are about delving into what it is to be a human being.

The kinds of stories I want to be a part of telling are about delving into what it is to be a human being.

David Oyelowo

I turn down a lot of movies because sometimes they glamorize violence or the darker side of sex or criminality.

I turn down a lot of movies because sometimes they glamorize violence or the darker side of sex or criminality.

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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 friends were largely white or Asian.

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 friends were largely white or Asian.

David Oyelowo

One of the skills you have to master in theater is the ability to make the audience believe that things that aren't there are there - just like when you're acting against CGI. Also, in a theater, the people in the back row can't see the whites of your eyes. Or your lips moving as you deliver dialogue.

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I consider myself a human being, a Christian, a father, a husband, so many things, before being a black person.

I consider myself a human being, a Christian, a father, a husband, so many things, before being a black person.

David Oyelowo

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