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If you're going to play human beings, and you're going to play them three-dimensionally, you have to show every side of them.

~David Oyelowo

Topics: Beings Every Going Human Human Beings Play Show Side Them You

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Not every film I do is going to be like 'Selma,' but every film I do can be edifying, can be something that points toward I believe to be true. I'm not one to shy away from darkness in movies as long as there is light.

~David Oyelowo

Topics: Away Be True Believe Darkness Every Film Going Light Like Long Movies Points Shy Something Toward True I Believe

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Generally speaking, we as black people have been celebrated more for when we are subservient when we are not being leaders or kings or in the center of our own narrative driving it forward.

~David Oyelowo

Topics: Been Being Black Celebrated Center Driving Forward Generally Kings Leaders More Narrative Our Own People Speaking

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I talk to God every day. He's very real for me.

~David Oyelowo

Topics: Day Every Every Day God He Me Real Talk Very

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Although I am a Christian, with what religion has become - a tool for so much of the bad stuff - I just say to people that I'm a person of faith.

~David Oyelowo

Topics: Although Am Bad Bad Stuff Become Christian Faith Just Much People Person Religion Say Stuff Tool I Am

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My grandfather was the king of a region in western Nigeria, where I had the privilege to live for seven years while growing up. But what we think of as royalty in the U.K. is very different to royalty in Nigeria: if you were to throw a stone there, you would hit about 30 princes.

~David Oyelowo

Topics: About Different Grandfather Growing Growing Up Had Hit King Live Nigeria Princes Privilege Region Royalty Seven Stone Think Throw Up Very Were Western Where While Would Years You

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Every time I go to Africa, I feel like I hit true north. There is a depth of feeling that I have for the continent, in the richness of the people, the suffering , but also the transcendent joy that is there - it's like nowhere else on the planet.

~David Oyelowo

Topics: Africa Also Continent Depth Else Every Every Time Feel Feeling Go Hit Joy Like North Nowhere People Planet Richness Suffering Time Transcendent True I Feel I Feel Like

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You can't afford for there to be gaps in your pool of knowledge when it comes to a character; otherwise, what ends up onscreen is generalized and unspecific.

~David Oyelowo

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I believe the path to a long career is to keep the audience guessing. Daniel Day Lewis is my absolute hero from that point of view. I literally will pay to see anything he does because I know it's going to be something different than I have already seen.

~David Oyelowo

Topics: Absolute Anything Audience Because Believe Career Daniel Day Different Does Going Guessing He Hero Keep Know Lewis Literally Long Long Career Path Pay Point Point Of View See Seen Something Than View Will I Believe I Believe The

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Actor

Born: April 1st, 1976

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