Chiwetel Ejiofor Quotes

I still have to say that I did 'Dirty Pretty Things' 11 years ago. That was a very sudden shift in my life and my relationship to my work, and it didn't feel it was impossible to make a film like that.

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: July 10, 1974

Topics

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The belief that a person can and should only feel grief over one sad event at a time is a truly disturbing estimate of our emotional capacity.

Jennifer Armintrout

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The attacking capacity of a team is the fruit of the work of the manager and of the quality of the players.

Maurizio Sarri

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As a 29-year-old, the only thing that I can possibly think is that if I'm still performing at 50, it's because I'll have had disastrous marriages and I have to pay for them.

Robbie Williams

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Series work is just grueling.

Robert Urich

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You know, I was crap. But I had the commitment, and I had the understanding, that the basis of football is skill on the ball, and if you spend the time with it, you're gonna reap the rewards.

Craig Johnston

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My gender has never been an issue or a limitation. I was fortunate enough to be surrounded by strong women growing up, and with them as my role models, I was never limited by the traditional roles women find themselves in.

Brenda Brathwaite

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My early life has given me a great deal to draw on, certainly - but would I have swapped a happy childhood for the writing? Yes.

Bruce Robinson

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Work creates an enormous sense of self and I saw that in my mother. She was an enormous, towering figure to me in the best possible way. I picked up a lot of things from her in the way that I work... I also picked up a lot of the failings of when your father doesn't have those things and that results in a house that turns into a minefield.

Bruce Springsteen

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I like the fact that music is more abstract.

Bryan Ferry

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I recently did a piece for the Boston Pops and John Williams, and I hope that it's as well a composed piece as I've ever done for any other medium or occasion.

Peter Maxwell Davies

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I'll fully admit that when I went to the movie theater and saw 'Titanic,' I cried afterwards.

Paul Wesley

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My mum had 14 pregnancies - but only four of us survived. We had a little sister born for a few days and she died. There had to be a funeral.

Tyson Fury

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