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David Oyelowo Biography

David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo, OBE (/oʊˈjɛləwoʊ/ oh-YEL-ə-woh; born 1 April 1976) is a British-Nigerian actor and producer.

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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.

Dog, Blessed, Mean, Eldest, Tell, Useful

I don't have a tailor, but I do love clothes.

Clothes, Love, Tailor, Tailors

I'm one of those actors who says, "Point me toward the work that matters to me and I don't care where you're putting it. Television show. Movie. Projected on the back of someone's garage. " If that's where the work is that's exciting to me and moving, I want to be there.

Actors, Care, Movie, Moving, Television

The wonderful situation that I find myself in now, is that choosing the roles I want is more of a reality for me. As a result, I take it very seriously, because I find this opportunity in film to be a very powerful and influential medium.

Powerful, Opportunity, Reality, Influential, Roles

I like to think of myself as a physical actor.

Thinking, Actors, Physical, Like, Actor, Think

I seem to be able to disassociate my insecurities. I know a lot of actors - some of the best actors in the world - can't bear to watch themselves and I have to say I can't relate to that.

Actors, Insecurity, Know, Relate, Watches

I know that there is still a lot of bitterness and anger, and arguably justifiably so, when you think about how brutal slavery was and what its brutal legacy still is.

Anger, Know, Legacy, Slavery, Thinking

I think it's vital to have something outside your acting to keep you rooted in the real world, and help you fill the vacuum. If you have nothing else, it can be unhealthy. For me being a Christian has been invaluable: it simply means acting isn't the centre of my life.

Christian, Real, Mean, Help, Simply, Rooted

The perception of Africa, whether in the U. S. or in Europe, is of a continent that needs help, and cannot pull itself up. That is just not true.

Africa, Continent, Europe, Needs, Perception, True

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.

Done, Drama, James, Lester, Massively, School

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

Christian, Father, Husband, Person

I know for a fact the reason I'm an actor is because one, two, maybe three people when I was younger saw something that I did, in youth theater or some small play somewhere, and said, "You're good. "

Actor, Know, People, Play, Theater, Two

I truly believe slavery is why, as a by-product, we still have a disproportionate amount of black men incarcerated in the USA. It is an extension of that legacy, and that's not going to start to diminish until black people have a new sense of themselves that isn't tied to slavery and feeling inferior. I think the church can be instrumental in that, in terms of repentance, reconciliation and just being more embracing of each other - not just on Sunday, but in life generally.

Believe, Sunday, Men, Terms, Black, Instrumental

Dr. Martin Luther King was never a man to say 'I've got this' as the leader of the movement. He wasn't always sure that his decisions were correct, because he knew every decision he made was putting lives at risk, including his and his family's lives.

Decision, Kings, Leader, Men, Putting, Risk

I would make the tea on a Daniel Day-Lewis set just to observe how he crafts roles like he did in 'My Left Foot. ' That was the equivalent of seeing Haley's Comet for me. I just couldn't understand how that was possible.

Feet, Tea, Roles, Understand, Make, Set

Considering that I'm British and I talk the way I do, I love it when a director takes a chance on me.

Directors, Way, Chance, Considering, Love

You can’t have people curating culture in this way when we need to see things in order to reform from them.

Order, People, Reform, Things, See, Way

Female directors, directors of color are a big thing for me, which are both important voices and potent voices that need to be heard. That's how I want to engage myself as an actor going forward.

Color, Directors, Forward, Important, Voice, Voices

I hear God as an audible voice.

Audible, God, Hear, Voice

I gravitate towards anything that feels challenging to me, that feels like it's gonna be saying something a bit different and new to the audience, and anything that moves me. I do movies that I would want to see, so I don't necessarily gravitate towards any genre in particular. I just try and do the best work I can and also try to keep the audience guessing.

Moving, Challenges, Trying, Challenging, Audience, Feels

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