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" For me, I actively look for projects that showcase people of color. "
David Oyelowo
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" Hollywood has done some of these films, and some of them are ginormous biblical movies, but you can tell the people making these are not invested in the truth of what those stories are biblically. It shows in the work. "
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People
Truth
" Asher means 'happy and blessed' which embodies my eldest. Caleb means 'stubborn and tenacious dog' and I can't even tell you how much that is my little boy! It was a useful warning. "
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You
" 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. "
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People
" I'm not for one second condoning the actions of terrorists at all, but I do think there's a kind of terrorism that the media carries out on its own citizens, certainly in this country - and it's fear. "
David Oyelowo
Terrorism
Think
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" In my time since moving to the United States, I've found that there is a dearth of great writing for black people. There are stories that depict us in a way that isn't cliched or niche, and that a white person, a Chinese person, an Indian person can watch and relate to. Those are the stories I want to be a part of telling. "
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Writing
Great
Moving
" 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. "
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Live
Think
Growing Up
" We're all, whether we like it or not, gonna have to deal with bereavement at some point in our lives, and it's something I think, as a society, maybe we shy away from. "
David Oyelowo
Shy
Society
Think
" People always ask me, 'Why so many historical dramas?' Because those are the best roles I get to play, and I get to play heroes in those roles. "
David Oyelowo
Me
People
Heroes
" I turn down a lot of movies because sometimes they glamorize violence or the darker side of sex or criminality. "
David Oyelowo
Sometimes
Violence
Down
" 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
Movies
Long
Light
" I think until Britain acknowledges just how much of a presence black people had here before the Sixties, then there are certain stories that are not going to be inclusive of what I have to offer. "
David Oyelowo
Inclusive
Black
Think
" The fact that I was black and desirous to do my work, the other kids would call me a coconut, as if I were somehow attempting to be white. The bullying was real: I'd get punched, spat at, terrible things. "
David Oyelowo
Work
Black
Bullying
" Excellence is the best weapon against prejudice. I intend to be part of the solution and not the problem. You've just got to keep on banging out good performances. "
David Oyelowo
Excellence
Best
Good
" I have a bee in my bonnet as to how few black historical figures one sees on film; incredible stories, stories from which we are living the legacy and which just don't get made. "
David Oyelowo
Just
Legacy
Black
" There are many, many communities, many ethnic minorities, many civilizations that have been brutalised by others and you have to move on. You cannot perpetually stay in that place of blame, otherwise it's just a downward spiral. "
David Oyelowo
You
Blame
Move On
" 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
Hope
History
Down
" I talk to God every day. He's very real for me. "
David Oyelowo
Me
Talk
Day
" 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. "
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Impact
Believe
Want
" I like to think of myself as a physical actor. "
David Oyelowo
Like
Actor
Myself
" A film centered around the Second World War with a predominantly white cast would not have the pressure on it that 'Red Tails' has. "
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Pressure
World
White
" I've been an actor for 14 years now and a lot of that time was spent in theatre and television. Then I moved to L.A. to try and build upon that and it's starting to pay off! "
David Oyelowo
Time
Build
Television
" I try as much as possible not to utter a single line that I don't believe in. "
David Oyelowo
Try
Believe
Line
" I'm one of a generation brought up on television whose acting is more 'naturalistic', whereas with some of the older generation it's more heightened. But I think there's room for both styles. "
David Oyelowo
Television
Think
Generation
" Love is sacrifice. "
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Love Is
Love
Sacrifice
" We've had so many faith-based movies that I think are sub-par; I almost want a new phrase for them. "
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Almost
Many
Movies
" 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
Kind
Me
Money
" You will never, I think, fully conquer the play. Every night, you see this Everest before you. It's that two, three hours and the audience, and you'd better tell the truth. "
David Oyelowo
Night
Conquer
Better
" I think that any channel, whether it's Fox, CNN, or whatever, if they were truly giving a 360-view of what's going on, we would be better equipped to not slap judgments on people we really don't understand. "
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Better
Slap
Think
" I will, till the day I die, be an advocate for the d-word: diversity. "
David Oyelowo
Day
Die
Diversity
" People in the industry thought it was laughable that I should be going up for things that didn't clearly state what race the part was intended for. "
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Race
Going
Things