136 Quotes by Chiwetel Ejiofor

I started working as an actor, semi-professionally, when I was 16, and got my first professional gig at 19. I guess I've kind of worked pretty consistently since then.

A lot of people ask me about my father's passing when I was young, which I'm never comfortable with. I invariably move around that subject.

The only way to be an actor is to find ways to work as an actor, even if that means doing a one-man show by a river.

Ive just tried to keep my eyes open, tried to read everything you can, and tried to see whether I see myself within it. If I do, then I can get excited about it.

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.

Since I started acting, I always or often find work takes precedence with me. And that is not necessarily a great rule for life.

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.

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.

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