David Oyelowo Quotes

The only way I get a leading role in a studio picture is if Ryan Gosling can't play it, which is clearly the case with 'Selma.' If this was a non-colour-specific character, it wouldn't be me. It just wouldn't.

David Oyelowo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I can't draw a straight line to save my life. I just can't draw.

Joel Courtney

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There is some brilliant pop music and some very poor classical music. And why shouldn't comedy be treated as seriously as drama?

Melvyn Bragg

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I like playing characters that are true to life, and there's no guarantee that any of us are going to be okay, but we intend to be, and we take the time to try to be. I don't think it's any different for a character.

Mehcad Brooks

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Almost every day, instead of going to school, I made for the fields, where I spent my day.

John James Audubon

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Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.

Tom Peters

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Ronald Reagan in foreign affairs, I think, was someone who had certain, very general ideas, general propositions by which he lives: To combat communism, to build up the American military power to assure our national security against any conceivable threat.

Robert Dallek

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Competing in junior fencing requires lessons, equipment, and travel that may cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars a month, keeping talented athletes from wielding sabers or masks.

Mary Pilon

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Democrats haven't been functioning effectively as a party at the national level.

Martin O'Malley

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I don't pick my roles by genre; that's kind of silly.

Michael Shannon

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Getting the most out of life is giving life your most.

Janice Markowitz

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This is no game. You get up in there, and you take some punches. You risk your life, and then let me see you talk then. That's why I don't respect people who criticize fighters.

Deontay Wilder

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I became an actor because I couldn't not.

Debra Winger

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