Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Quotes

I've played many criminals, but I loved playing somebody on the right side of the law who had a family and who had ethics.

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

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• And my mouth is not a sewer, although some people may think it is.

  

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• Cornish wrestling was very different from that in Devon - it was less brutal, as no kicking was allowed.

  

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• It's so important for startups to get their culture right at the start. They need to feel unique and that they are on their own important mission in the world.

  

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• You have to struggle to stay alive and be of use as long as you can.

  

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• That's what's so great about television. You're able to tell this long story, where you couldn't really do that in a film because you have to tell a story in an hour and a half or two hours.

  

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• Dating is a numbers game. What we try to promise is good first dates. Once that first date happens, it's really up to you.

  

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• Women are builders of civil society. We are the ones who are going to build it. You know why? We have no choice. Either you shut up, and you are humiliated, or you do what I'm doing. You scream.

  

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• I can't think of anything I hate more than a former punk - they are the most self-righteous people in the world.

  

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• You cannot say we are a healthy, dynamic democracy when one party wins almost two-thirds of the vote.

  

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• I was brought up in a car family, my dad loved cars and I was taught the art of making an Austin 7 operate.

  

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• I've played many criminals, but I loved playing somebody on the right side of the law who had a family and who had ethics.

  

  Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
  • Family
  • Law
  • Ethics