44 Quotes by Carmen Ejogo

The Hollywood culture is so invasive, and I definitely wanted to be near it eventually.

At times as an actor, it's often times unclear as to what the directors envision for a project.

I'm guessing that musicals didn't make sense anymore because of the changes in the political environment that began in the late Sixties, an era of self-awareness and social revolutions.

Musicals are finally kind of coming back to a degree, perhaps out of a sense of nostalgia.

There are many mediocre entertainers who don't aspire to much more than fame and glory. It's very easy to have them as your role models because there aren't as many greats.

The great fear I've had to overcome is the fear of failure. It can be safer to stay in a comfort zone that's not stretching yourself.

I'd love to play a full-out rocking chick.

Leaving my first agent was both my best business decision and my worst business decision. It depends on how I want to look at my career because of opportunities that may have come had I stayed with him and because of the opportunities that did come because I had to fight harder for roles.

Success for me will be where the body of work I've done afforded me the opportunity to be as good as I can be, and to explore myself and to see what I'm capable of.