Adewale Akinnuoye Agbaje Quotes

Also, I'd like to play an athlete again, while I'm still physically fit, or a musician, like Nat King Cole, because I play the trumpet and sing. I'd like to incorporate that into a character.
As an actor, you just like to be able to play as much range. I just want to be invisible. I want to be able to be perceived as an artist as opposed to 'a black actor': that's the joy.
As an actor, you really want to resonate with your audience.
By the time I was 16, I was someone to reckon with. I was so eager to repudiate any connection with any immigrant race, I would go above and beyond. I was desperate to belong to something. That was my drive as a teenager.
Certainly, I look for different characters 'cause I always like to keep people guessing, and I also don't like to get typecast.
David Ayer is known for being a very serious filmmaker, but he has a very great sense of humor.
Grassroots projects are what keep you alive as an actor.
I don't really discriminate with my art. To me, it's my art, and it's to be expressed through whichever medium is there, whether it's treading the boards in the theater, on the small-screen TV, or on the large screen. I love theater, and it's definitely something I would love to do.
I don't really look at genre. I mean, sometimes you might be playing heavies a lot, and you're like, 'Hey, it'd be nice to do a romantic comedy.'
I grew up watching 'Rambo' and 'Rocky' and all of those movies, so you have a surreal moment, even as an actor, when you're in front of these guys, whether it's DeNiro or Stallone. You have a moment like, 'Geez, that's Sylvester Stallone,' and then you have to snap out of it and get back in the pocket of the character.
I just want to keep the diversity and the options open. In terms of what I'm looking for, I'd like to do a lead action role.
I remember when I first came to America, nobody had a clue what a black Englishman was. I was either South African or Australian to them.
I think that what 'Oz' did is it spawned a great generation of television production. But people know its place in television and just in great dramas. It's the foundation of my career. Most producers, show runners, directors, and casting directors put me in movies based on my performance in that show.
I think the most appealing characters for the audience are the ones that you never know whether to root for them or whether to hate them. That's what keeps people drawn to their television sets.
I wanted to wash off the experience of Africa but obviously I couldn't because that's who I was.
I was always led to believe you should take care of yourself, trust in your abilities and you're the author of your own destiny.
I'm from Europe, England, and I actually lived in Italy.
I'm here to play certain characters and give them a voice that they might not have had. That's my job, and like it or not, that's what I'm here to do.
I'm just looking to explore every medium to express my talent, but I think mostly it's going to be a focus on features.
I'm of Nigerian descent, from the Yoruba tribe. Names are very significant in that culture. It basically states your purpose in life.
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