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Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor CBE (/ˈtʃuːɪtɛl ˈɛdʒioʊfɔːr/ CHOO-i-tel EJ-ee-oh-for; born 10 July 1977) is an English actor. After enrolling at the National Youth Theatre in 1995, and attending the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, at age 19 and three months into his course, Ejiofor was cast by Steven Spielberg to play a supporting role in the film Amistad (1997) as James Covey.

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That global poverty would end. That people would be able to eat. It's the worst shame in the world that people go hungry.

Eat, People, World, Worst, Would Be

I'm in favor of anything that promotes greener solutions.

Favor, Favors, Greener, Promotes, Solutions

I have always been very fortunate in my working life in terms of the, I say that like I've not been fortunate at all in my private life.

Life, Private Life, Say, Term, Working, Working Life

Solomon Northup is one of the most remarkable people Ive ever encountered in my life; one of the most amazing stories I have ever been in any kind of contact with. To not tell that story would have been disgraceful, in my opinion.

Kind, Opinion, People, Stories

Dividing everybody into genders and sexuality and races and religions, and I think its 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.

Everybody, Grips, Important, Race, Thing, Thinking

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.

Actor, Doctors, Father, Medical, Mother, Stage

I've often had the fortune to work on projects with a small theme I find very interesting enough to pursue and to be passionate about in the context of the story, then it may turn out there's a universality about my character which still resonates with many people as well.

Character, Interesting, People, Theme, Turn, Work

This is going to sound completely absurd, but I do sometimes feel like the enjoyment of an awards ceremony or the pride in the finished article hasn't ever surpassed the joy of doing the work, of making it. The doing it is really the bit I'm there for.

Absurd, Awards, Joy, Making, Pride

I am aware that I have been incredibly fortunate in my life to work with the people that I have worked with and pursue the projects that I have been able to do. There are so many films that I have done that I really, as a film person, as a film fan, that I like. And that is a nice place to think of a career in.

Careers, Film, Life, Nice, Person, Thinking

I fell in love with film. I didn't start out to be a film actor. I wanted to be a theater actor.

Actors, Fell, Film, Love, Theater

I think a lot of acting is about the removal of self-consciousness. The actor is going to be in front of a lot of people, and will naturally feel self-conscious. So a lot of the preparation for that is the removal of that idea. Like you embody or are connected to this character, therefore you can present this character in a way that eventually, when you come back to see it, you feel not exactly ashamed of.

Actor, Character, Come, People, Thinking

I'm constantly discovering things. Like Bobby Bland. Right now I suppose I'm into the Eighties, which turned out to be a great musical period.

Bland, Great Music, Musical, Periods, Suppose, Things

I remember being very affected by what was going on there towards the end of Apartheid. And the subject is still very pertinent, politically, to what's happening around the world today, in terms of negotiating peace talks. I had always been interested in this period of change in South Africa, generally, for a variety of reasons.

Africa, Interested, Peace, Remember, Today, World

I wouldnt be the same actor if I couldnt do theater.

Actor, Actors, Couldnt, Ifs, Theater, Wouldnt

All roads lead home in the end. You've got to keep that in mind always - in your work and in your life.

Ends, Home, Keep, Lead, Life, Mind

Depending on what your interest in theater is, I always recommend working on plays. It's a great way to be introduced to the field, and also a great way to be seen by agents and representation. I'm also a great advocate for studying acting at a drama school or a college.

Drama, School, College, Field, Acting

I think fear is a very healthy motivator.

Fear, Healthy, Motivator, Think, Thinking

Reporters tend to launch on what seems to be the clearest, most stark aspects of someone's life in terms of an interview.

Aspect, Aspects, Interview, Interviews, Launch, Term

A lot of people ask me about my father's passing when I was young, which I'm never comfortable with. I invariably move around that subject.

Ask, Father, Invariably, Moving, People, Subject

The thing about film is it is a very precise form. You know if you have it and you know if you don't have it. There's not really a middle bit where you're like, "I think we kind of have that scene. "

Film, Kind, Know, Precise, Thinking

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