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I've never, ever taken a role for money purposes or for some bizarre notion of what may be the kind of career move that would open things up for me. If I don't believe in it, I can't do it because I won't be good in it if I don't believe in it.

~David Oyelowo

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What we usually do to great men and women is relegate them to homogenised heroism. Their words and actions become soundbites and images in a way that gives us an excuse not to act bravely in our own lives.

~David Oyelowo

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I truly believe in cinema's potential for cultural impact. I have a clear idea what I want to do - to enrich people's lives.

~David Oyelowo

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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.

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It's because films like 'Selma' are so rarely made that we end up putting them under the microscope. One, maybe two, a year. As a white person, you don't have that. You have the gamut. No one says to Oliver Stone, 'Another film about Vietnam? White characters again?'

~David Oyelowo

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The kinds of stories I want to be a part of telling are about delving into what it is to be a human being.

~David Oyelowo

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I find that male directors are more interested in what the film looks like as opposed to what the film is about emotionally. My job is not to make the film look pretty, and I don't feel drawn to making myself look pretty within the film.

~David Oyelowo

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I will, till the day I die, be an advocate for the d-word: diversity.

~David Oyelowo

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As artists, our primary function is not to be educators - but we are at a time in history, where for us, our history needs to give context for stories that we hope to tell down the road.

~David Oyelowo

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We've had so many faith-based movies that I think are sub-par; I almost want a new phrase for them.

~David Oyelowo

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Actor

Born: April 1st, 1976

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