I was always lucky that I've always had a gig, I'm fortunate in that way.

There's always something ridiculous happening on the set, especially when people get tired because of the long days.

I'm constantly looking to see whether I look the same as I did earlier, whether I've put on or lost any weight.

I don't ever feel like I've had a moment where I am like, "There it is; perfect and holy in all ways."

My father, Arinze Ejiofor , was a musician and a doctor. Nobody's ever asked me about that combination and what growing up in that environment was like.

Once you click into a character, to a certain degree, you can do a lot else. You can do other stuff, then come back and click right into the character. It's sort of funny that way, the way the mind works. Once it's there, it's sort of there. For the stage, for example, all through the day, you're not onstage. You're living your life, la-la-la, then the lights go down, then boom! All of a sudden, you're in this thing. There's a kind of reflex muscle trigger that happens, and all of a sudden you're back into the role. It's just getting there in the first place that's tricky.

I started off doing plays as a theater actor. But I never thought of it in terms of it leading anywhere. I was just trying to be the best actor that I could be in the context of what I was doing.