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Sophie Okonedo
Sophie Okonedo
British Actress
Born: 1968
Being Life Love Me Think You
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The photo shoot I always feel a bit embarrassed about because I don't really know what to do with myself, but they usually don't use a bad photo, so you can't worry too much. So my main concern is that I just look a bit more like myself. Sophie Okonedo
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As a black actress, all I was offered in British film was the best friend role, whereas in TV I was offered a whole spectrum of parts. Sophie Okonedo
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The repetition of the theatre means you've got the time to get deeply inside the person you're playing. Sophie Okonedo
Time You Theatre Inside Got Repetition Person Get Means Deeply Playing
I find it so all-encompassing when acting that there's no room for anything else when you're in it; you're just locked into thinking about it all day, you go to sleep with it, wake up with it, and when I come back, I really need time to recover. Sophie Okonedo
Time Day You Wake Up Thinking Else Back All Day Locked Find About Recover Come Go Wake Up Just Anything Anything Else Room Really Acting Need Sleep
I do love being an actress. The other stuff, the 'fame', well - you know what? - you don't actually have to buy into it if you don't want to. Sophie Okonedo
Love Buy You Other Stuff Know Well Fame Being Want Actress Actually
When I take on a role, all I tend to do is get to know the script and ask millions of questions, and keep fine tuning what I think the character is trying to say. Sophie Okonedo
Character Think Say Fine Tend Take Know Questions Role Get Trying Tuning Script Ask Keep Millions
I get offered loads of unusual stuff. I just don't do loads because I like staying at home a lot, and I'm a little bit lazy. I don't get that thing of going from film to film that people do. It would drive me nuts, and that level of fame is quite scary. Sophie Okonedo
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My life is not nuts. I hardly ever watch television, I don't go out very much, so I don't really know what's going on. Sophie Okonedo
Life My Life Nuts Television Out Know Go Very Going Much Really Ever Hardly Watch
I always try to think of positive things to say about the people I portray, as it's more helpful for me. Sophie Okonedo
Positive Me People Try Think Positive Things Say About More Always Helpful Things Portray
I never watch anything I do. I really would rather just not know at all how I come across. Sophie Okonedo
Would Rather Never Come Know How Just Anything Really Across Watch
I've told lots of lies in my life. I try not to lie, but I still do. It's very difficult to get to 37 and not be ashamed of something you've done. But I think your life is easier, ultimately, if you're honest. Sophie Okonedo
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I am rather partial to Shakespeare, though I haven't done loads. But when it's done right, there's nothing like it. There are layers upon layers upon layers, and you unpack new things constantly. I don't know how he knew so many things - about the world, about women, about human nature, life, death, our fears and hopes. Sophie Okonedo
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I love being a punter. Sophie Okonedo
Love Being
To get an award for something you are having a ball doing is a real buzz. Sophie Okonedo
You Something Having Ball Real Doing Get Award Buzz
I listen much better when I'm acting than I do in real life. Sophie Okonedo
Life Better Real Life Real Than Listen Much Acting
I'd hate to lose the character actress part of me, because, by God, the parts are much more interesting. Sophie Okonedo
God Character Me Hate Lose Character Actress More Part Parts Because Interesting Much Actress
I just get offered a lot more work in America than I do in Britain. Sophie Okonedo
Work More Lot Offered Than America Get Just Britain
There are just more roles for me in America. Sadly. Because I love working in Britain. It's my home. Sophie Okonedo
Love Home Me More Sadly Because America Roles Just Working Britain
I never suffered anti-Semitic racism because no one thought I was Jewish. Sophie Okonedo
Racism Thought Never No-One Because Anti-Semitic Suffered Jewish
I can't, for example, Google myself, because I am very sensitive. Sophie Okonedo
Myself Example Google For Example Because Am Very Sensitive
My first love is a wonderful script. It's the story. Sophie Okonedo
Love Love Is Wonderful First First Love Story Script
I like gardening. Sophie Okonedo
Gardening Like
Being in the theatre is like being in a little family: you get really close. Sophie Okonedo
Family You Theatre Like Close Get Being Little Really
I am not a practising Jew, and I am not embedded in Nigerian culture, but I have a sense of those things inside me, which is very handy for acting. There are a lot of things I can draw on. Sophie Okonedo
Me Culture Sense Draw Those Embedded Inside Practising Am Lot Very Handy Which Acting Things Nigerian Jew
There is a lot more opportunity now, and I welcome all the conversations we are having about diversity, about women and about class... I come from a very working-class background, and I think the class thing is still probably more tricky. Sophie Okonedo
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I like having the script before I start. With new plays, you're constantly developing as you're doing it. It's really frightening. You don't quite know how it's going to end up. Sophie Okonedo
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