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We can't afford to deny our past in a bid to be empowered. But what we can do is contextualize the past.
- David Oyelowo
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One of the skills you have to master in theater is the ability to make the audience believe that things that aren't there are there - just like when you're acting against CGI. Also, in a theater, the people in the back row can't see the whites of your eyes. Or your lips moving as you deliver dialogue.
- David Oyelowo
#Ability
#Acting
#Believe
#Eyes
#People
My grandfather was the king of a region in western Nigeria, where I had the privilege to live for seven years while growing up. But what we think of as royalty in the U.K. is very different to royalty in Nigeria: if you were to throw a stone there, you would hit about 30 princes.
- David Oyelowo
#King
#Live
#Nigeria
#Royalty
#Stone
The kinds of stories I want to be a part of telling are about delving into what it is to be a human being.
- David Oyelowo
#About
#Being
#Human Being
#Human
#Want
Getting to do what I think was my fifth BBC drama with Nikki Amuka-Bird - we've done 'Shoot The Messenger,' 'Five Days,' 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency,' 'Born Equal' and now 'Small Island' - was another highlight for me. And filming in Jamaica was great, too.
- David Oyelowo
#Born
#Done
#Drama
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#Me
You can't afford for there to be gaps in your pool of knowledge when it comes to a character; otherwise, what ends up onscreen is generalized and unspecific.
- David Oyelowo
#Afford
#Character
#Knowledge
#Pool
#Up
#Your
I think it's vital to have something outside your acting to keep you rooted in the real world, and help you fill the vacuum. If you have nothing else, it can be unhealthy. For me being a Christian has been invaluable: it simply means acting isn't the centre of my life.
- David Oyelowo
#Life
#Me
#My Life
#Nothing
#World
I was sometimes called 'coconut' when I was at school.
- David Oyelowo
#Coconut
#School
#Sometimes
If my history, my indisputable British history, has never been visited, where does that put me? If we are only going to look at things that need a revisit, you are wiping me out of this country's history. That is unacceptable to me.
- David Oyelowo
#Country
#History
#Look
#Me
#Never
The fact that I was black and desirous to do my work, the other kids would call me a coconut, as if I were somehow attempting to be white. The bullying was real: I'd get punched, spat at, terrible things.
- David Oyelowo
#Black
#Bullying
#Me
#White
#Work
People always ask me, 'Why so many historical dramas?' Because those are the best roles I get to play, and I get to play heroes in those roles.
- David Oyelowo
#Best
#Historical
#Me
#People
#Why
I talk to God every day. He's very real for me.
- David Oyelowo
#Day
#Every Day
#God
#Me
#Real
I admire many actors, though I don't think there's anyone whose career I would want to mirror sort of by the beats. What I'm really looking to do is constantly defy expectations. I'm very curious to see if you can actually have a character actor and a movie star's career combined.
- David Oyelowo
#Character
#Curious
#Expectations
#Mirror
I love that as a black person I've experienced not being a minority. I think that's helped me to combat the minority mentality people can have here, which can stop them scaling the heights.
- David Oyelowo
#Black
#Heights
#Love
#Me
#People
What we usually do to great men and women is relegate them to homogenised heroism. Their words and actions become soundbites and images in a way that gives us an excuse not to act bravely in our own lives.
- David Oyelowo
#Great
#Heroism
#Men
#Women
#Words
I don't have a tailor, but I do love clothes.
- David Oyelowo
#Clothes
#Love
#Tailor
We all have cultural bias, racial bias. One of the difficult things around this subject matter is to deny that we have places we go to subconsciously, and unless you consciously decide that that's wrong and you've got to do something about it, especially if you're in a position of power, it won't change.
- David Oyelowo
#Bias
#Change
#Difficult
#Matter
#Power
#Wrong
For me, I'm always looking for opportunities to work with people who are better than me, who are more experienced than me, people from whom I can learn. And who could I learn more from than someone with an unprecedented movie star career that has spanned over thirty years whose name is Tom Cruise?
- David Oyelowo
#Better
#Looking
#Me
#People
#Work
My parents are very hard working people who did everything they could for their children. I have two brothers and they worked dog hard to give us an education and provide us with the most comfortable life possible. My dad provided for his family daily. So, yes, that is definitely in my DNA.
- David Oyelowo
#Dad
#Daily
#Education
#Family
#Life
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