80 Quotes by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

When a child wants to be accepted, he'll do anything. And if it means you're getting a certain amount of notoriety from a fight, that's what you'll do.

Certainly, I look for different characters 'cause I always like to keep people guessing, and I also don't like to get typecast.

The axe is fifteen pounds. You have to make sure you don't hurt or hit someone. And hit the beats, because they have five cameras. It has to look real. That in itself becomes challenging because you have to learn it straight away.

I just want to keep the diversity and the options open. In terms of what I'm looking for, I'd like to do a lead action role.

I was always led to believe you should take care of yourself, trust in your abilities and you're the author of your own destiny.

I'm of Nigerian descent, from the Yoruba tribe. Names are very significant in that culture. It basically states your purpose in life.

I think always as an actor. I go in knowing how I'm going to play it. That's about it.

I've never been really great at trusting anybody, just because of the way I grew up.

It's a significant question: should black people only adopt black children, and white people white children?