Chiwetel Ejiofor Quotes

I always assumed I would leave drama school and do 'Lady Macbeth' and all sorts of serious things. It just didn't happen.

Because I'd only done theater, that's really what I thought most of my life would be. I always figured that movies would be a part of it at some point. I didn't know how or when.

When I was at drama school I wanted to do classical theatre. It just so happened that I did a film when I came out and I moved that way.

I don't see myself doing catalog shoots in Madrid anymore like I was doing two years ago. I hope that the acting side of things grows.

I thought I was going to be a theater actor. I moved to New York after college and did some plays and worked a lot. Once the realities of living as a theatrical actor hit me, I realized I wanted to start making a little bit of money and not have to bartend and work in theater.

I haven't done as many films as I would have liked. A lot of my contemporaries have done more. I don't have 'I will be a movie star' emblazoned on anything, but I'd like do a bit more screen stuff and then when the time is right come back to theatre. When it is good, theatre takes a lot of beating both to watch and perform.

I'd love to do a romantic comedy. And perhaps, if the character was right and I had a good gut instinct, a Bollywood movie. And I'd love to direct. One day. I'm learning a lot on the set of 'The Good Wife.'

My mom always wanted me to be an actor. And I started going to theater and going on auditions young.

It doesn't mean I'm not interested in Hollywood. I like the way it operates; I like the people who are involved and the sense of possibility. But if I ever get back in, it's not going to be as an actress.

I'd love to do more Tamil films; unfortunately, I don't get any substantial roles.

I will definitely be doing films down south if anything good comes along.

I hope to work in Indian films again. I would love to.

After graduation, I moved to Los Angeles to do more theater, not realizing there is very little theater in L.A. It was a lucky mistake, though, because after just 2 1/2 months of waiting tables, my TV and film career really took off.

I'd like to act in Punjabi films and do some great roles instead of just dance sequences.

I never started out to be an action actor. I was an ensemble actor.

Ultimately what I want to do, I want to go back and do some more action movies.

I hope to make acting my career for the rest of my life, if I can. If acting doesn't work out, I'd love to produce or direct or write. I just want to stay in this business, definitely. That would be my number one thing. I always want to be an actress.

I think acting is my destiny. I did my first film when I was just eight. However, I never took that role seriously.

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

Of course I want to do films. But to me, television is equally important. It is where I got recognition.

I liked horror and comedy, basically, from a young age, but I just ended up getting into comedy because there was - I could do stand-up comedy, and that was my way into this business, and then there was no stand-up horror, and I didn't know how to get into that world.

I was 12 when I decided that I wanted to see myself on the big screen.

I've done a lot of movies, and they didn't all stick.

I want to do glam roles, too. I don't want to restrict myself when it comes to doing good cinema.

When I was in MTV, I wasn't really looking out to do films.