David Oyelowo Quotes
I truly believe in cinema's potential for cultural impact. I have a clear idea what I want to do - to enrich people's lives.
Quotes to Explore
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I am an American citizen born in Kuwait of Egyptian parents. I grew up in Great Britain, Malaysia, and Egypt and have lived in the United States since 1965, when I was seventeen.
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It sounds kind of stupid, but I've never not wanted to be a musician. It's been inside me since I was little so I don't know what else I would do.
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I've been following what's happening in Colombia because it's the country of my childhood.
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Wes Anderson deserves an award for sheer persistence of vision.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.
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When you're surrounded by all these people, it can be even lonelier than when you're by yourself. You can be in a huge crowd, but if you don't feel like you can trust anybody or talk to anybody, you feel like you're really alone.
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You should only have so many accessories. You have to make sure you have the right ones at the right time.
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In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades.
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You know something, if you're not acting, you're not an actor - you've gotta work. No way around it.
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Game-playing is more fun when it's virtual because you're more successful. ... in reality, only one person gets to be LeBron.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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I want to have an impact on my son.
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Fear was absolutely necessary. Without it, I would have been scared to death.
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I think growing up in New York, you see so much at such a young age, there's no bubble to escape into.
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I grew up in a mostly Buddhist environment.
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I hope to do big action movies and strong dramas, and to produce films. I also want to get kids more involved in what's going on in the world and to be politically active.
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It's difficult losing, but it's even more difficult when you didn't make a shot. I could see the ball just didn't go your way on an out-of-bounds play or something like that, but when you're just not making them, it's frustrating.
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The thing with prosthetic feet is you can't have all this crazy motion, or you'd be all over the place - because it's mechanical, and it's outside your body.
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The only reason I'd ever get a sex change operation is to see what it's like to be right all the time.
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Most African Americans, especially the men and women from my generation, would accept the nationalist gambit that says only European Americans can be racists, which is an interesting gambit.
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Despair exists only when there is hope.
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I truly believe in cinema's potential for cultural impact. I have a clear idea what I want to do - to enrich people's lives.
