Chukwudi Iwuji Quotes

• My parents were very traditional Nigerians who wanted doctor, lawyer, teacher [children], but when I actually had a dream and I presented the dream to them, they were 100 percent supportive.

  Chukwudi Iwuji

  Dream, Teacher, Children

  Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 27, 2016.

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• I loved sports, so acting died and it was all sport. But I always used to get in trouble, because after lights out I would sneak out to watch things on TV.

  Chukwudi Iwuji

  Sports, Light, Acting

  Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 27, 2016.

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• One of the goals I've set myself is to make eye contact with everyone in the audience at least once. You can't stop in any one position for too long, and just that physicality, that need for that, it's so all-inclusive.

  Chukwudi Iwuji

  Eye, Long, Goal

  Interview with Emma Brown, September 27, 2016.

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• To work around and be successful in a round configuration in the theater, you have to connect with everyone.

  Chukwudi Iwuji

  Successful, Theater, Rounds

  Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 27, 2016.

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• I think part of the sadness of Hamlet is given different circumstances, this guy had the capability of being something really great and not ending up poisoned on the ground.

  Chukwudi Iwuji

  Sadness, Thinking, Guy

  Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 27, 2016.

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• I think Hamlet is a very funny play - Hamlet is riddled with wit.

  Chukwudi Iwuji

  Thinking, Play, Wit

  Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 27, 2016.

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• You don't really audition for Hamlet; Hamlet is one of those roles that a director or producer decides you should do it.

  Chukwudi Iwuji

  Directors, Roles, Auditions

  Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 27, 2016.

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• I think Hamlet, as much as he loves his privacy and is kind of an introvert, he's a very functional introvert. When he has to be out, he can be out with people.

  Chukwudi Iwuji

  Thinking, People, Privacy

  Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 27, 2016.

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• I'm going to be criticized by lots of "scholars," but I think Shakespeare's best comedy often appears in his tragedies, actually. Not necessarily in his comedies.

  Chukwudi Iwuji

  Thinking, Tragedy, Comedy

  Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 27, 2016.

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• All good writers across the board, if they're dealing with real tragedy, they will give you comedy in it. And if they're dealing with real comedy, there will be tragic moments in it.

  Chukwudi Iwuji

  Real, Giving, Tragedy

  Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 27, 2016.

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