David Oyelowo Quotes

I would make the tea on a Daniel Day-Lewis set just to observe how he crafts roles like he did in 'My Left Foot.' That was the equivalent of seeing Haley's Comet for me. I just couldn't understand how that was possible.

David Oyelowo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: April 1, 1976

Topics

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In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests on perseverance.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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In 'Twilight,' you're setting up the world. You're introducing the world, and I was also writing in a vacuum because I didn't know who the actors were going to be. Now you're going to 'New Moon' and 'Eclipse,' and I could write specifically to them in my mind. So it becomes a more comfortable world.

Melissa Rosenberg

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I don't watch that much comedy. I think it's professional jealousy. That and a lack of support for my community.

Michael Ian Black

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I wouldn't trade my career with anybody's. I'd trade a few movies with Tom Hanks - 'Apollo 13' and 'Forrest Gump' - but other than that, I love my career.

John Travolta

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L. A. is crazy. The women all look the same now. That thing with the cheeks. Like Madonna. Who do they think they're fooling? It doesn't make them look young. You end up looking like a freak.

Sofia Vergara

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Egyptian drumming happens to be a favorite of mine. It's a really simple instrument, but it's really difficult to play. You can take it anywhere with you - you can play it in your room, in an airport. It's very quiet, so you explore the quiet side.

Mickey Hart

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Even when governments take the right steps to reform, these can be negatively impacted by events outside their control.

Jose Manuel Barroso

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Music is what I want to do for the rest of my life.

Brian Bonsall

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It's important to go into the grocery store with a plan and a list. But it's a skeleton - you need to know how to deviate from it and adapt it to what ingredients are available and fresh.

Antoni Porowski

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I've never bothered about my color. I never had that thing about being black. If the whole world was like that, maybe there would be more harmony and love. Maybe. I don't have a problem with being black in a white country or being with my people.

Tina Turner

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I had a lot of friends in high school and in college, and we had a good time.

Ricky Williams

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Roddick has good presence on the court and has so much adrenalin.

Richard Krajicek

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