Chiwetel Ejiofor Quotes

I still have to say that I did 'Dirty Pretty Things' 11 years ago. That was a very sudden shift in my life and my relationship to my work, and it didn't feel it was impossible to make a film like that.

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  Chiwetel Ejiofor
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  • Work
  • Pretty