Dayo Okeniyi Quotes

Originally, theater was my life. It was what I assumed I'd spend my working life doing - if I was lucky. Then along came movies.

I'd been an actor in high school, and when I got to college, it was all about film.

I definitely caught the acting bug, but that lasted for about two seconds when I found my way to L.A. and found that my talents were better suited behind the cameras.

I really want to do more movies; that's where my heart is.

I'd love to shoot some of these bigger movies as they come, and I'll go back to theater at some point again.

I am ready to work in any industry whether its Bollywood, Hollywood, the digital platforms, South Indian film, or Bengali films. Wherever I get a good opportunity, I'll be there.

I moved with my mom to Los Angeles for her to pursue her acting career, and she got a job casting atmosphere in some independent films.

I moved to LA and decided to do films and television, mainly because the theater in New York is totally dead.

The first thing I ask when I'm offered a part is, Who's the director? which is something they never understand in Los Angeles.

I moved to L.A. to write and direct. I had no intentions of being in front of the camera.

I have been inundated with offers to move into a career in television or film, and these, too, are tempting.

I definitely want to do movies and stuff.

I started my career as an actor, but I've been a director for 15 years now.

I pulled out of making movies in about '96 or '97.

I love Michelle Williams and Natalie Portman - those are the careers I want. My goal is to win an Oscar, and I'm going to take the steps to get there.

If you think you're going to be up for an Oscar, you schedule your moviemaking.

I never wanted to be an actor until about three years ago when I realised it was what I liked doing.

I did The Newton Boys and during the whole process of making the film, I may have spent a week in Los Angeles.

I got written out of 'G.I. Joe' and was like, 'Welp, I'm going to go back to what I do: writing and producing comedy.'

Hollywood is the only industry, even taking in soup companies, which does not have laboratories for the purpose of experimentation.

My ambition has always been to work with English and American actors and directors. Those were the movies that I was watching when I was growing up.

I was very lucky that my first film, 'The Blind Side,' I worked with Sandra Bullock.

Everything motivates me to do my work. Has anyone seen me in any commercial or in anything that is not related to the films? No, because filmmaking and acting is my only work.

In future I will surely look forward to doing Hollywood projects.

I actually never wanted to be a VJ. Never. It just so happened that I became a VJ, and I was actually kind of like, 'I don't want to be a VJ. I want to be in the movies.' So yeah, I always wanted to be an actor.