Chiwetel Ejiofor
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Chiwetel Ejiofor, CBE, is a British actor. After enrolling at the National Youth Theatre in 1995, and gaining a scholarship to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, at age 19 and three months into his course, Ejiofor was cast by Steven Spielberg to play a supporting part in the film Amistad as James Covey...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth10 July 1977
lucky gigs way
I was always lucky that I've always had a gig, I'm fortunate in that way.
perfect way moments
I don't ever feel like I've had a moment where I am like, "There it is; perfect and holy in all ways."
feelings way roles
I like to disappear into a role. I equate the success of it with a feeling of being chemically changed. That's the only way I can express it.
children way middle-child
I was the classic middle child in some ways, the one who could have been a priest in an alternate universe.
imagination world film
Ridley creates a very immersive world, so when you walk up to a Ridley Scott film set you're in Ridley Scott's imagination, and it's a really comfortable, cool place to be.
home mind ends
All roads lead home in the end. You've got to keep that in mind always - in your work and in your life.
wall actors directors
I would love to be a fly on the wall watching other directors and actors to see what their process is like.
actors film theater
I fell in love with film. I didn't start out to be a film actor. I wanted to be a theater actor.
thinking kind film
The thing about film is it is a very precise form. You know if you have it and you know if you don't have it. There's not really a middle bit where you're like, "I think we kind of have that scene."
reading emotional thinking
I try to just be open to what the next experience is and how it makes me feel, just reading a project, or trying to get involved with a project, or thinking about a project, and what particular emotional flavor that brings. To me, it's never really about planning the next thing, or the career arc. It's about investigating how I feel, from project to project, and finding things that I haven't explored and what that would be like.
thinking healthy
I think fear is a very healthy motivator.
play trying actors
I started off doing plays as a theater actor. But I never thought of it in terms of it leading anywhere. I was just trying to be the best actor that I could be in the context of what I was doing.
heart kids special
I do like sci-fi. When I was a kid, I was always sort of locked into sci-fi stories. So, sci-fi has always had a special place in my heart.
years taste behinds
My music tastes are often 20 years behind.