David Oyelowo Quotes

I Consider Myself A Human Being, A Christian, A Father, A Husband, So Many Things, Before Being A Black Person.

I Have A Bee In My Bonnet As To How Few Black Historical Figures One Sees On Film; Incredible Stories, Stories From Which We Are Living The Legacy And Which Just Don't Get Made.

I Know I Had My Equivalents In Adrian Lester And Lenny James When I Was At Drama School. I Remember David Harewood Doing 'othello' At The National, And Adrian Lester Having Done Cheek By Jowl's Famous 'as You Like It And Company' At The Donmar. Not Necessarily Performances I Saw, But Just The Fact They Happened Was Massively Encouraging.

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.

I Like To Think Of Myself As A Physical Actor.

I Love Tennis, Love It!

One Of The Things The Bbc Does Better Than Anyone Is Period Drama.

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?

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.

I Am A Father, I Am Very Aware Of The Things That I'm Putting Out In The World Knowing That One Day My Children Will Watch The Work That I've Done. I Want To Be Able To Stand By It.

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.

I Don't Have A Tailor, But I Do Love Clothes.