Quotessence
Home / Authors / Chiwetel Ejiofor
Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetel Ejiofor Quotes

Actor

Filter quotes by topic

AllActorsFilmThinkingWayPeopleCharacterFeelsIfsActingKindKnowsTermTheaterAbleFatherFortunateHas BeensPlayProjectsStories

Famous Chiwetel Ejiofor Quotes

“I think a lot of acting is about the removal of self-consciousness. The actor is going to be in front of a lot of people, and will naturally feel self-conscious. So a lot of the preparation for that is the removal of that idea. Like you embody or are connected to this character, therefore you can present this character in a way that eventually, when you come back to see it, you feel not exactly ashamed of.”

PeopleThinkingCharacterActingLike YouPreparationAshamedRemoval
Author:Chiwetel Ejiofor
Create image

“When you're no longer seeing yourself, in some ways. You're as close to being as you can be.I suppose that's consistent with the moment that the mind actually turns off, and is no longer questioning what you're doing. When the questions stop, that's when the real acting takes over. And trying to get to the point where the questions stop, "Would I do this? How do I feel about that as a character?" When those stop, and it's just doing X, Y, and zed, because that's what you'd do as this character, because you're inside this character somehow - that's when it really kicks off.”

TryingMindRealMomentsCharacterActingConsistentQuestioning
Author:Chiwetel Ejiofor
Create image

“Once you click into a character, to a certain degree, you can do a lot else. You can do other stuff, then come back and click right into the character. It's sort of funny that way, the way the mind works. Once it's there, it's sort of there. For the stage, for example, all through the day, you're not onstage. You're living your life, la-la-la, then the lights go down, then boom! All of a sudden, you're in this thing. There's a kind of reflex muscle trigger that happens, and all of a sudden you're back into the role. It's just getting there in the first place that's tricky.”

MindKindCharacterLive Your LifeTricky
Author:Chiwetel Ejiofor
Create image