I was the classic middle child in some ways, the one who could have been a priest in an alternate universe. Chiwetel Ejiofor More Quotes by Chiwetel Ejiofor More Quotes From Chiwetel Ejiofor 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 people thinking 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 live-your-life mind character 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 had-a-great-time people I think fear is a very healthy motivator. Chiwetel Ejiofor healthy thinking Working in this industry, I do feel that science and creativity turned out to be a very useful combination for me. Chiwetel Ejiofor combination creativity feels I fell in love with film. I didn't start out to be a film actor. I wanted to be a theater actor. Chiwetel Ejiofor theater film actors 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." Chiwetel Ejiofor film kind thinking When I worked with Woody Allen, I only got the parts of the script that I was in. I was able to piece together the narrative from that, but I remember being quite excited to watch the movie - the movie that I was in but didn't know what happened in, like, 65 percent of. Chiwetel Ejiofor pieces together watches Ridley creates a very immersive world, so when you walk up to a Ridley Scott film set you're in Ridley Scott's imagination, and it's a really comfortable, cool place to be. Chiwetel Ejiofor film imagination world 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. Chiwetel Ejiofor remember today world 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. Chiwetel Ejiofor character people interesting I started off doing plays as a theater actor. But I never thought of it in terms of it leading anywhere. I was just trying to be the best actor that I could be in the context of what I was doing. Chiwetel Ejiofor actors play trying I do like sci-fi. When I was a kid, I was always sort of locked into sci-fi stories. So, sci-fi has always had a special place in my heart. Chiwetel Ejiofor special heart kids 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. Chiwetel Ejiofor roles might thinking My music tastes are often 20 years behind. Chiwetel Ejiofor behinds taste years 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. Chiwetel Ejiofor great-music musical periods I feel that audiences are very sophisticated, and part of my challenge is to keep them engaged because they are so complex. Chiwetel Ejiofor sophisticated challenges feels 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 weight lost looks 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 doctors growing-up father 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 film term wonder
