Chiwetel Ejiofor
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As an optimist.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 October 2024 source ↗
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A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.
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My vain side would like to be remembered as someone who did good for others in some way. But I would be happy if my children remembered me.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 September 2020 source ↗
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As a kind person who cared for others.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 January 2023 source ↗
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As a mayor who made London better for all Londoners, and as a good husband and dad.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 September 2016 source ↗
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Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 September 2020 source ↗
Now. During the period of Covid, I have had the opportunity to rethink and I’ve got a new gift of cherishing now.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 September 2020 source ↗
Acting, when you don’t want to do it or you disagree with everything, is almost like having sex with someone you don’t like. I had one experience like that on stage, in a terrible version of The Cherry Orchard. I put on a wig, dark-coloured contacts and just hoped no one would recognise me.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 September 2020 source ↗
When I had a bicycle accident when I was 24. I was on a bridge going down; the bicycle broke and I smashed to the ground, face first. I broke my jaw and my teeth, and had to have plastic surgery. It all took half a year and then, funnily enough, I got my first big job – a TV series – with what I thought of then as this big, ugly scar.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 September 2020 source ↗
Warm and bubbly.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 September 2020 source ↗
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