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Chiwetel Ejiofor

I have an evolving relationsh...

I have an evolving relationship with my father, and his memory, especially the older I get. I know that some of the things that interested him are things that interest me.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor

Solomon Northup is one of the...

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.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor

I'm constantly looking to see...

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

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Chiwetel Ejiofor

I've always enjoyed doing a h...

I've always enjoyed doing a huge variety of roles, which I think helps, instead of settling for the things I might be most comfortable with.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor

I think the crucial thing abo...

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

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Chiwetel Ejiofor

London and L.A. are both plac...

London and L.A. are both places I feel I can call home. It's a nice balance of Californian calm and that slightly more engaged, electric London vibe that I've always loved.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor

We take it for granted someti...

We take it for granted sometimes that certain parts of our history are told, and we take it for granted that we know all that stuff, and we move forward along on that basis, but there are also massive gaps, and we have to try to address them.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor

I enjoy doing everything, com...

I enjoy doing everything, comedy and drama. I just look for the characters really and what they offer.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor

I'd never really considered f...

I'd never really considered film. If I'd thought about film more growing up, I probably would have changed my name. I had no concept of my name in lights.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor

I feel that I don't have to w...

I feel that I don't have to wait around for good scripts anymore, that I can get things moving more quickly. I can ring up directors I like and say I'm keen to work with them, which is pretty great.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor

I wanted to be an actor ever ...

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.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor

There are many different ways...

There are many different ways the public can respond to actors - they can see you on TV and feel they know you and own you, and there can be something quite cornering about that.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor

I didn't know anything about ...

I didn't know anything about '12 Years a Slave.' Not the book, not Solomon Northup, which I was quite shocked by, once I'd read it, that it wasn't a seminal text. I think it deserves to be.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor

It's a weird thing when you s...

It's a weird thing when you spend your life trying to find these great scripts and great parts. You are reading scripts, you are traveling the world, you are hassling your agent. You are trying to find that script.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor

I look at scripts really for ...

I look at scripts really for whether they can be moving or penetrate some kind of truth. You are constantly chasing that feeling as an actor when every part of a production comes together.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor

The Second World War simplifi...

The Second World War simplified things like race, and people came down on very clear lines.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor

It's a strange thing, but you...

It's a strange thing, but you get this click in your brain; the wonderful feeling that the entirety of a character is suddenly available and accessible to you.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor

I've always liked the idea of...

I've always liked the idea of being a father. And I've always romanticised it, because I lost my father when I was young. In a way, all of the complications that come with my career are about that.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor

Solomon Northup is one of the...

Solomon Northup is one of the most remarkable people I've 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.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor

Friends at school were always...

Friends at school were always quite shocked that we holidayed in Nigeria, but it was all pretty middle-class, really.

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