People have compact to go beyond our own culture and upbringing to a degree that I think we don't acknowledge enough really.
David OyelowoConsidering how pervasive interracial marriage is, certainly in American society, it is rare we get to see it depicted on film.
David OyelowoI never, ever do a film and just kind of move on. I think of them as children of mine, and you don't give birth to a baby and just leave it on someone else's doorstep. You see it all the way through college.
David OyelowoI truly believe slavery is why, as a by-product, we still have a disproportionate amount of black men incarcerated in the USA. It is an extension of that legacy, and that's not going to start to diminish until black people have a new sense of themselves that isn't tied to slavery and feeling inferior. I think the church can be instrumental in that, in terms of repentance, reconciliation and just being more embracing of each other - not just on Sunday, but in life generally.
David Oyelowo