It’s actually people knowing how fearful I am.
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Chiwetel Ejiofor
English actor
United Kingdom / Nigeria · b. 1977
Arts and letters
Born in London, Chiwetel Ejiofor, 47, trained at the National Youth Theatre and Lamda. In 2008, he won an Olivier for his Othello at the Donmar Warehouse, London. His performance in the 2013 film 12 Years a Slave gained him an Oscar nomination and the best actor Bafta. His other work includes Rob Peace, which he also wrote and directed, Endgame and Doctor Strange. His latest Marvel movie is Venom: The Last Dance, out on 25 October. He lives in London with his partner and child.
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Being torn to shreds by a very elderly woman for driving badly on the Isle of Man, maybe 15 years ago. She stopped in the middle of the road and really let me have it.
To do the very best you can and then let it go.
“You’ll never do well as an actor unless you change your name.” I’m not going to say who.
Still to come, I think.
As an optimist.
The different areas of global catastrophe.
As vital as breathing.
At King’s College hospital when I was 16; the job was putting hundreds of pieces of A4 paper into A4 transparent envelopes. I lasted one day.
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