I think when I was doing ‘Amistad,’ I was just too young to really understand what the process was, and beyond that, I hadn’t really got involved. It was just somehow – and I thought that the artistry was all in the theater. Chiwetel Ejiofor Read Quote
I’ve 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. Chiwetel Ejiofor Read Quote
I think that all the talented filmmakers sort of share, I think, a sense of allowing magic to happen; of creating a stable and secure environment for performers to feel they can push to the end of their ability. Chiwetel Ejiofor Read Quote
From deep in the slave hut is somebody calling over 150 years to all of our experiences and all of our ideas on human respect, and all of our ideas on dignity. And I felt like that’s just incredibly powerful. Chiwetel Ejiofor Read Quote
It’s a weird thing when you spend your life trying to find these great scripts and great parts. You are reading scripts, you are traveling the world, you are hassling your agent. You are trying to find that script. Chiwetel Ejiofor Read Quote
In England, there’s no acknowledgement the invention of slavery came from Britain. Chiwetel Ejiofor Read Quote
The inherited tradition is that we don’t tell stories about slavery from the perspective of the slave. It’s told through the president or the lawyer. Chiwetel Ejiofor Read Quote
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. Chiwetel Ejiofor Read Quote
I was able to go on stage and work until it felt right or felt good. It meant that I very quickly realised that it was the job for me. Chiwetel Ejiofor Read Quote
I enjoyed being in California for a while. But that’s the thing about London: you can’t really shake it. I’ve always had the impression when I was in L.A. for long periods of time that simultaneously my life was happening somewhere else, and I’m missing it. Chiwetel Ejiofor Read Quote
