Latest Chiwetel Ejiofor Quotes from Interviews

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• Certainly what constitutes a stage actor, what constitutes a film actor, I don't even know what that is. And both things are very accurate, in a sense. In terms of people's needs to concentrate on race, I wonder if it's completely necessary, but it's not something that is so dynamically relevant to me that I feel it should be one thing or another.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Wonder, Film, Term

  Source: film.avclub.com

• Practically everybody I've ever worked with, I'd like to work with again. I had a great time with the people that I've worked with, and the directors, and a lot of the casts. There's really nobody where you'd say, "Oh, I got X, Y, and zed again! Gahhh, no!" It really brings a smile to my face, because in 95 percent of the cases, people I've worked with, I'd be thrilled to work with again.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  People, Had A Great Time

  Source: film.avclub.com

• When you're no longer seeing yourself, in some ways. You're as close to being as you can be.I suppose that's consistent with the moment that the mind actually turns off, and is no longer questioning what you're doing. When the questions stop, that's when the real acting takes over. And trying to get to the point where the questions stop, "Would I do this? How do I feel about that as a character?" When those stop, and it's just doing X, Y, and zed, because that's what you'd do as this character, because you're inside this character somehow - that's when it really kicks off.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Real, Character, Mind

  Source: film.avclub.com

• Once you click into a character, to a certain degree, you can do a lot else. You can do other stuff, then come back and click right into the character. It's sort of funny that way, the way the mind works. Once it's there, it's sort of there. For the stage, for example, all through the day, you're not onstage. You're living your life, la-la-la, then the lights go down, then boom! All of a sudden, you're in this thing. There's a kind of reflex muscle trigger that happens, and all of a sudden you're back into the role. It's just getting there in the first place that's tricky.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Character, Live Your Life, Mind

  Source: film.avclub.com

• 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.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Character, Thinking, People

  Source: film.avclub.com

• I like finding things out beforehand, because I'm nervous in disposition, and I worry that if I don't do anything, then I'll turn up and I still won't really have a sense of it, and it might be too late. So I like to get things as organized as I possibly can in my own head, to apply myself to the work before arriving to a late-in-the-day rehearsal, or in extreme cases, the first day on set.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Worry, Nervous

  Source: film.avclub.com

• The hardest thing for a film actor, especially if you are in a lot of the film, is sustaining energy for the entire length of a production. It's quite tough. With acting, it's not the same as directing. Directors work the exact same hours; directing is incredibly exhausting. The only difference is that directors aren't required to have bursts of energy and focus. They're probably focused the entire day. Actors have this thing of "stop/start." That can be quite draining, actually.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Focus, Acting, Energy

  Source: film.avclub.com

• 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.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Nice, Thinking, Careers

  Source: collider.com

• 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.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Term, Private Life, Working Life

  "Chiwetel Ejiofor on ‘Triple 9′ and Why He Wanted to be Part of ‘Doctor Strange’". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. February 25, 2016.

• I don't ever feel like I've had a moment where I am like, "There it is; perfect and holy in all ways."

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Perfect, Way, Moments

  "Chiwetel Ejiofor on ‘Triple 9′ and Why He Wanted to be Part of ‘Doctor Strange’". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. February 25, 2016.

• The only way to be an actor is to find ways to work as an actor, even if that means doing a one-man show by a river.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Mean, Men, Rivers

  Source: aalbc.com

• I think the crucial thing about being an actor is to be doing it.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Thinking, Actors, Crucial

  Source: aalbc.com

• I believe people instinctively know that about writing, yet people get confused about that when it comes to acting.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Confused, Believe, Writing

  Source: aalbc.com

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

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Favors, Greener, Solutions

  Source: aalbc.com

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

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  People, Would Be, World

  Source: aalbc.com

• I think Africa will have a crisper impact on Europe, as it has traditionally, and then that will filter into the American cultural psyche, in the way that India has.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Thinking, Impact, Europe

  Source: aalbc.com

• My favorite thing to cook is anything that comes out okay. I'm very fond of certain pastas and sauces that I can just about cook from scratch. So those are what I like to cook, as well as roasted potatoes and chicken. Anything that tastes alright.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Scratches, Pasta, Sauce

  Source: aalbc.com

• There's always something ridiculous happening on the set, especially when people get tired because of the long days.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Tired, Long, People

  Source: aalbc.com

• I think fear is a very healthy motivator.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Thinking, Healthy

  Source: aalbc.com

• Working in this industry, I do feel that science and creativity turned out to be a very useful combination for me.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Creativity, Combination, Feels

  Source: aalbc.com

• My father, Arinze Ejiofor , was a musician and a doctor. Nobody's ever asked me about that combination and what growing up in that environment was like.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Growing Up, Father, Doctors

  Source: aalbc.com

• 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.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Father, Moving, People

  Source: aalbc.com

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

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Interviews, Aspect, Term

  Source: aalbc.com

• I'm constantly looking to see whether I look the same as I did earlier, whether I've put on or lost any weight.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Looks, Weight, Lost

  Source: aalbc.com

• I feel that audiences are very sophisticated, and part of my challenge is to keep them engaged because they are so complex.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Challenges, Sophisticated, Feels

  Source: aalbc.com