#act

I think it's vital to have something outside your acting to keep you rooted in the real world, and help you fill the vacuum. If you have nothing else, it can be unhealthy. For me being a Christian has been invaluable: it simply means acting isn't the centre of my life. ↗

— David Oyelowo

#been #being #centre #christian #else

I turned down a lot of easier opportunities in order to go for the things that I really and ultimately wanted to do. And what's really nice is that it's starting to work. I've been an actor for coming up on 14 years now and the level of activity that's taking place now is a culmination of a slow cooker approach to as opposed to a microwave. ↗

— David Oyelowo

#actor #approach #been #coming #culmination

One of the skills you have to master in theater is the ability to make the audience believe that things that aren't there are there - just like when you're acting against CGI. Also, in a theater, the people in the back row can't see the whites of your eyes. Or your lips moving as you deliver dialogue. ↗

— David Oyelowo

#acting #against #also #audience #back

We start 'The Butler' in June and that's incredibly exciting for me because I get to work with the amazing Forest Whitaker again. It's a phenomenal script and a great, great role - I play his son. Oprah Winfrey is his wife and my mother. My character is a radical civil rights activist. ↗

— David Oyelowo

#again #amazing #because #butler #character

The nerds are my favourite sort of boys - any guy with a passion - whether it be physics or film or writing or poetry even, I think it's super sweet and it's very attractive for a female. ↗

— Teresa Palmer

#attractive #even #favourite #female #film

My dad always said he couldn't remember a time when I did not want to act. ↗

— Gwyneth Paltrow

#always #dad #did #i #remember

None of the characters I've played are really like me. That would be boring. That wouldn't be acting. ↗

— Anna Paquin

#boring #characters #i #like #me

I put on the fat suit and went outside and walked around. I was really nervous about being found out, but nobody would even make eye contact with me. It really upset me. ↗

— Gwyneth Paltrow

#around #being #contact #even #eye

We feel it's unacceptable to be fat, when it has nothing to do with who the person actually is. ↗

— Gwyneth Paltrow

#fat #feel #nothing #person #unacceptable

I understand that if you set out to be a celebrity, then you asked for it, but all I wanted to be was an actor. ↗

— Gwyneth Paltrow

#asked #celebrity #i #out #set