Chiwetel Ejiofor Quotes
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.
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I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage. But when you start playing around with constitutions, just to prohibit somebody who cares about another person, it just seems to me that's not what America's about. Usually, our constitutions expand liberties, they don't contract them.
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I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrible.
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There were many years when I was hand-to-mouth and didn't know how I was gonna make rent. I've done every job under the sun, from busing tables, temping, and working in factories to SAT prep and detailing cars. So to be able to make a living where all I do is write is absolutely liberating.
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I had never used the prefix 'Dr.' with my name, but when I started with NASA, I had to. Otherwise, I could not get past the secretaries.
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Running for office was definitely something I've thought about. When I was younger, I wanted to major in political science. And I've been engaged in current events since I was a kid. If I can make a difference and feel passionately and capable, then I would. Why not?
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I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap.
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There's a fast-track if you can do the networking. For some personalities it works, but for mine it doesn't.
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I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.
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As a viewer, the minute I start getting confused, I check out of the movie. Emotionally, I'm severed.
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We're also fairly stubborn, I think, fairly independent. We have our share of difficulties with our federal government, although I've tried to as I am here encourage a better way of discussing those problems.
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I had studied at Harvard and MIT astronomy and a lot about the heavens and the star system and so forth.
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Novelists want to be published and need a publisher to decide to print 20,000 copies. So you need to entertain on some level. I want to reach out and connect.
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As an actor, I want to build a career as an actor. It's hard to even get a job sometimes, so as my career builds, I can be more picky than I used to be.
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I want to be judged by who I am, not by a relationship.
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I've always been quite a happy person, but when I'm low, I'm pretty darn low.
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I tell fans who ask me why I'm not doing comedy anymore that I'm a different person. I've grown and I've matured. I've made a transition to where I really want to be.
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Kids will ask us 'How do you become famous?' It's the wrong question. Focus on the craft, not on the fame.
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If I wanted to know what a certain future would feel like to me, I would find someone who is already living that future. If I wonder what it's like to become a lawyer or marry a busy executive or eat at a particular restaurant, my best bet is to find people who have actually done these things and see how happy they are.
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You need to take the traumas and make them part of who you've come to be, and you need to fold the worst events of your life into a narrative of triumph, evincing a better self in response to things that hurt.
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I don't have the time to design my own costumes, but I do give suggestions and style tips.
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Nearly 30,000 fans turned out to support the tribute match and provide one of the best atmospheres at the ground for ages. I was so happy to be part of it.
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People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved.
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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.
