The only way to be an actor is to find ways to work as an actor, even if that means doing a one-man show by a river.

I wouldnt be the same actor if I couldnt do theater.

In England, theres no acknowledgement the invention of slavery came from Britain.

I think fear is a very healthy motivator.

That global poverty would end. That people would be able to eat. It's the worst shame in the world that people go hungry.

When you're no longer seeing yourself, in some ways. You're as close to being as you can be.I suppose that's consistent with the moment that the mind actually turns off, and is no longer questioning what you're doing. When the questions stop, that's when the real acting takes over. And trying to get to the point where the questions stop, "Would I do this? How do I feel about that as a character?" When those stop, and it's just doing X, Y, and zed, because that's what you'd do as this character, because you're inside this character somehow - that's when it really kicks off.

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.