50 Quotes by Sophie Okonedo

I feel as proud to be Jewish as I feel to be black

I dont like going for more than a year without doing theater. I dont mind falling flat on my face so long as I feel Im open to the possibility of something extraordinary happening.

I never watch anything I do. I really would rather just not know at all how I come across.

Im drawn to stories about ordinary people who get tangled up in an extraordinary event or idea or emotion. Im not saying I dont love films about super-people or super-doctors, but my preference is for stories about how we get through this life, what it is to be human, because Im always struggling with it myself.

I feel as proud to be Jewish as I feel to be black.

I like gardening.

My main form of exercise is my bike. I don't have a car, so I cycle everywhere.

I love being a punter.

I'd hate to lose the character actress part of me, because, by God, the parts are much more interesting.