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I dabbled a little bit in the whole music thing but I've always thought about Bernie Taupin, who is Elton John's lyricist; Elton John is the great melody and song writer but Bernie Taupin is the one who writes all the lyrics. I don't write lyrics, and I never wanted to be in the music business if I was just going to be a puppet in it.

~Carmen Ejogo

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One of the reasons I didn't ever pursue a career - in the music world if you're black or mixed, you need to be able to belt a song or else you're not a singer, you know?

~Carmen Ejogo

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Coming from the U.K., I can think of so many great songs and musical moments that didn't require a belter of a voice; my favorite singer is Kate Bush and she's not a belter, or PJ Harvey... I'm definitely more of an alternative girl.

~Carmen Ejogo

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I can remember being very keen to go to drama school at the age of eight, and practising ballet in my bedroom to Queen soundtracks.

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I was this very precocious kid with a big personality. When my mother saw that modelling was something I enjoyed, she didn't dissuade me.

~Carmen Ejogo

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I wanted to work with Mike Leigh. I had my list of British people I wanted to work with, and I wanted to work with David Lynch and Woody Allen.

~Carmen Ejogo

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I really feel that I had a genuinely diverse, multicultural upbringing, and I just don't find New York to be quite as diverse. Maybe I'm romanticising, but I feel that I was exposed to a real melting pot in terms of culture and pop culture. My kids are essentially middle-class, but I do try to remind them that they come from humble beginnings.

~Carmen Ejogo

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Actress

Born: January 1st, 1974

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