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David Oyelowo Quotes: "One of the things I have an allergic reaction to playing, especially as a black actor, is the mandatory kind of best friend/cop/detective type. You will never see me in that movie."

One of the things I have an allergic reaction to playing, especially as a black actor, is the mandatory kind of best friend/cop/detective type. You will never see me in that movie.



David Oyelowo Quotes: "You can’t have people curating culture in this way when we need to see things in order to reform from them."

You can’t have people curating culture in this way when we need to see things in order to reform from them.




David Oyelowo Quotes: "If you merely focus on what we already know, then it's not revelatory. You may as well just go and watch a documentary or a few videos on Youtube, and you're good."

If you merely focus on what we already know, then it's not revelatory. You may as well just go and watch a documentary or a few videos on Youtube, and you're good.



David Oyelowo Quotes: "I don't have a tailor, but I do love clothes."

I don't have a tailor, but I do love clothes.




David Oyelowo Quotes: "Find the audience, be excellent, and you will be fine."

Find the audience, be excellent, and you will be fine.



David Oyelowo Quotes: "I truly believe that one of the things that has been lacking in the USA is a spirit of repentance about the injustices of slavery and the injustices of segregation and racism generally."

I truly believe that one of the things that has been lacking in the USA is a spirit of repentance about the injustices of slavery and the injustices of segregation and racism generally.



David Oyelowo Quotes: "Excellence is the best weapon against prejudice."

Excellence is the best weapon against prejudice.




David Oyelowo Quotes: "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."

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.



David Oyelowo Quotes: "There's a nimble quality to the way a television actor can work. When that muscle gets strong it's a very valuable thing."

There's a nimble quality to the way a television actor can work. When that muscle gets strong it's a very valuable thing.



David Oyelowo Quotes: "We can't afford to deny our past in a bid to be empowered. But what we can do is contextualize the past."

We can't afford to deny our past in a bid to be empowered. But what we can do is contextualize the past.



David Oyelowo Quotes: "Considering that I'm British and I talk the way I do, I love it when a director takes a chance on me."

Considering that I'm British and I talk the way I do, I love it when a director takes a chance on me.



David Oyelowo Quotes: "I'm very aware of how much movies, literature and art affect culture. They are a reflection of the world around us and they are also a means by which we engage with the world around us."

I'm very aware of how much movies, literature and art affect culture. They are a reflection of the world around us and they are also a means by which we engage with the world around us.




David Oyelowo Quotes: "Whether we like to admit it or not, as artists, we do project our own worldview on to what we do."

Whether we like to admit it or not, as artists, we do project our own worldview on to what we do.



David Oyelowo Quotes: "I feel television is in a fantastically rich vein of what it's presenting both by opportunity to actors and to audiences."

I feel television is in a fantastically rich vein of what it's presenting both by opportunity to actors and to audiences.



David Oyelowo Quotes: "I hear God as an audible voice."

I hear God as an audible voice.



David Oyelowo Quotes: "Hate cannot overcome hate; only love can do that."

Hate cannot overcome hate; only love can do that.



David Oyelowo Quotes: "I truly believe that we cannot come to a place of reconciliation until there is individual repentance and corporate repentance."

I truly believe that we cannot come to a place of reconciliation until there is individual repentance and corporate repentance.



David Oyelowo Quotes: "I love tennis, love it!"

I love tennis, love it!



David Oyelowo Quotes: "One of the things the BBC does better than anyone is period drama."

One of the things the BBC does better than anyone is period drama.



David Oyelowo Quotes: "I am a father, I am very aware of the things that I'm putting out in the world knowing that one day my children will watch the work that I've done. I want to be able to stand by it."

I am a father, I am very aware of the things that I'm putting out in the world knowing that one day my children will watch the work that I've done. I want to be able to stand by it.



David Oyelowo Quotes: "I like to think of myself as a physical actor."

I like to think of myself as a physical actor.



David Oyelowo Quotes: "I love that as a black person I've experienced not being a minority. I think that's helped me to combat the minority mentality people can have here, which can stop them scaling the heights."

I love that as a black person I've experienced not being a minority. I think that's helped me to combat the minority mentality people can have here, which can stop them scaling the heights.



David Oyelowo Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "Because I was aspirational, I did my work, I was respectful to my teachers, I experienced a lot of bullying from the black kids. My friends were largely white or Asian."

Because I was aspirational, I did my work, I was respectful to my teachers, I experienced a lot of bullying from the black kids. My friends were largely white or Asian.



David Oyelowo Quotes: "I consider myself a human being, a Christian, a father, a husband, so many things, before being a black person."

I consider myself a human being, a Christian, a father, a husband, so many things, before being a black person.



David Oyelowo Quotes: "I know for a fact the reason I'm an actor is because one, two, maybe three people when I was younger saw something that I did, in youth theater or some small play somewhere, and said, "You're good.""

I know for a fact the reason I'm an actor is because one, two, maybe three people when I was younger saw something that I did, in youth theater or some small play somewhere, and said, "You're good."



David Oyelowo Quotes: "One of the occupational hazards of being an actor, the reason why so many actors are insecure, is that the only way we know we're good is when other people tell us."

One of the occupational hazards of being an actor, the reason why so many actors are insecure, is that the only way we know we're good is when other people tell us.



David Oyelowo Quotes: "You're always looking for roles and other creatives who are going to be challenging to you, because you're always a better actor after the experience."

You're always looking for roles and other creatives who are going to be challenging to you, because you're always a better actor after the experience.



David Oyelowo Quotes: "I do think how two people dance with each other is indicative of how they feel about each other. It can tell a lot more than a verbal scene."

I do think how two people dance with each other is indicative of how they feel about each other. It can tell a lot more than a verbal scene.



David Oyelowo Quotes: "The perception of Africa, whether in the U.S. or in Europe, is of a continent that needs help, and cannot pull itself up. That is just not true."

The perception of Africa, whether in the U.S. or in Europe, is of a continent that needs help, and cannot pull itself up. That is just not true.



David Oyelowo Quotes: "When I am playing a role far away from me with an accent that is not mine I always employ a dialect coach. I am almost always playing someone that has an accent that is not mine."

When I am playing a role far away from me with an accent that is not mine I always employ a dialect coach. I am almost always playing someone that has an accent that is not mine.



David Oyelowo Quotes: "I know that there is still a lot of bitterness and anger, and arguably justifiably so, when you think about how brutal slavery was and what its brutal legacy still is."

I know that there is still a lot of bitterness and anger, and arguably justifiably so, when you think about how brutal slavery was and what its brutal legacy still is.



David Oyelowo Quotes: "Considering how pervasive interracial marriage is, certainly in American society, it is rare we get to see it depicted on film."

Considering how pervasive interracial marriage is, certainly in American society, it is rare we get to see it depicted on film.



David Oyelowo Quotes: "Female directors, directors of color are a big thing for me, which are both important voices and potent voices that need to be heard. That's how I want to engage myself as an actor going forward."

Female directors, directors of color are a big thing for me, which are both important voices and potent voices that need to be heard. That's how I want to engage myself as an actor going forward.



David Oyelowo Quotes: "To break down prejudice is to get to a place of understanding, that can erode the ignorance."

To break down prejudice is to get to a place of understanding, that can erode the ignorance.



David Oyelowo Quotes: "People have compact to go beyond our own culture and upbringing to a degree that I think we don't acknowledge enough really."

People have compact to go beyond our own culture and upbringing to a degree that I think we don't acknowledge enough really.



David Oyelowo Quotes: "Don't send me your script if you want me to play the black best friend; I just won't do that."

Don't send me your script if you want me to play the black best friend; I just won't do that.



David Oyelowo Quotes: "I think the notion that we are different just because of skin color, and that we should be kept apart or kept from interbreeding, is very hurtful."

I think the notion that we are different just because of skin color, and that we should be kept apart or kept from interbreeding, is very hurtful.



David Oyelowo Quotes: "Martin Luther King was a voice to the voiceless, and he did that tirelessly, and his faith was the engine to that. But he was just a human being, at the end of the day."

Martin Luther King was a voice to the voiceless, and he did that tirelessly, and his faith was the engine to that. But he was just a human being, at the end of the day.



David Oyelowo Quotes: "I seem to be able to disassociate my insecurities. I know a lot of actors - some of the best actors in the world - can't bear to watch themselves and I have to say I can't relate to that."

I seem to be able to disassociate my insecurities. I know a lot of actors - some of the best actors in the world - can't bear to watch themselves and I have to say I can't relate to that.



David Oyelowo Quotes: "I have been in films before where people have been in a rush to label them as a Black film or even as a history lesson. These are ways to make the film feel niche and not for everyone."

I have been in films before where people have been in a rush to label them as a Black film or even as a history lesson. These are ways to make the film feel niche and not for everyone.



David Oyelowo Quotes: "My ambition is to keep the audience guessing... that is my path to a long career."

My ambition is to keep the audience guessing... that is my path to a long career.



David Oyelowo Quotes: "Africa is trying to find its way back to a sense of itself, when much of that was lost through colonization."

Africa is trying to find its way back to a sense of itself, when much of that was lost through colonization.