I would love to be a fly on the wall watching other directors and actors to see what their process is like.

I fell in love with film. I didn't start out to be a film actor. I wanted to be a theater actor.

I believe people instinctively know that about writing, yet people get confused about that when it comes to acting.

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.

Ive just tried to keep my eyes open, tried to read everything you can, and tried to see whether I see myself within it. If I do, then I can get excited about it.

I think Africa will have a crisper impact on Europe, as it has traditionally, and then that will filter into the American cultural psyche, in the way that India has.

I'm constantly discovering things. Like Bobby Bland. Right now I suppose I'm into the Eighties, which turned out to be a great musical period.