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.

I think that any channel, whether it's Fox, CNN, or whatever, if they were truly giving a 360-view of what's going on, we would be better equipped to not slap judgments on people we really don't understand.

David Oyelowo

I hear God as an audible voice.

I hear God as an audible voice.

David Oyelowo

If you're going to play human beings, and you're going to play them three-dimensionally, you have to show every side of them.

If you're going to play human beings, and you're going to play them three-dimensionally, you have to show every side of them.

David Oyelowo

Asher means 'happy and blessed' which embodies my eldest. Caleb means 'stubborn and tenacious dog' and I can't even tell you how much that is my little boy! It was a useful warning.

Asher means 'happy and blessed' which embodies my eldest. Caleb means 'stubborn and tenacious dog' and I can't even tell you how much that is my little boy! It was a useful warning.

David Oyelowo

We can't afford to deny our past in a bid to be empowered. But what we can do is contextualize the past.

We can't afford to deny our past in a bid to be empowered. But what we can do is contextualize the past.

David Oyelowo

You really want to keep ringing the changes - you hope that your work and your choices make people excited about where you're going next and that that might be somewhere unexpected.

You really want to keep ringing the changes - you hope that your work and your choices make people excited about where you're going next and that that might be somewhere unexpected.

David Oyelowo

I truly believe in cinema's potential for cultural impact. I have a clear idea what I want to do - to enrich people's lives.

I truly believe in cinema's potential for cultural impact. I have a clear idea what I want to do - to enrich people's lives.

David Oyelowo

Love is sacrifice.

Love is sacrifice.

David Oyelowo

You can't afford for there to be gaps in your pool of knowledge when it comes to a character; otherwise, what ends up onscreen is generalized and unspecific.

You can't afford for there to be gaps in your pool of knowledge when it comes to a character; otherwise, what ends up onscreen is generalized and unspecific.

David Oyelowo

I know I had my equivalents in Adrian Lester and Lenny James when I was at drama school. I remember David Harewood doing 'Othello' at the National, and Adrian Lester having done Cheek by Jowl's famous 'As You Like It and Company' at the Donmar. Not necessarily performances I saw, but just the fact they happened was massively encouraging.

David Oyelowo

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