This is going to sound completely absurd, but I do sometimes feel like the enjoyment of an awards ceremony or the pride in the finished article hasn't ever surpassed the joy of doing the work, of making it. The doing it is really the bit I'm there for.
Chiwetel EjioforI'm constantly looking to see whether I look the same as I did earlier, whether I've put on or lost any weight.
Chiwetel EjioforA lot of people ask me about my father's passing when I was young, which I'm never comfortable with. I invariably move around that subject.
Chiwetel EjioforThere's always something ridiculous happening on the set, especially when people get tired because of the long days.
Chiwetel EjioforI would love to be a fly on the wall watching other directors and actors to see what their process is like.
Chiwetel EjioforI remember being very affected by what was going on there towards the end of Apartheid. And the subject is still very pertinent, politically, to what's happening around the world today, in terms of negotiating peace talks. I had always been interested in this period of change in South Africa, generally, for a variety of reasons.
Chiwetel Ejiofor