23 Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Quotes for You to Enjoy

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

British Actor

Born: Aug 22, 1967

Actor Character Great Me People You

Related authors: Alan Rickman Daniel Day-Lewis Daniel Radcliffe Henry Cavill Jason Statham John Hurt Karl Pilkington Tim Curry

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. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Great Me Generation People Think Dramas Television Runners Casting Directors Casting Directors Put Performance Know Most Did Just Oz Place Movies Producers Production Spawned Show Foundation Based Career

What is a shame is that there isn't stuff that is as great as 'Oz' on a consistent level around today. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Today Great Consistent Shame Stuff Around Oz Level

I've played different nationalities, and everything from vulnerable to strong to crooked to demented. It just increases your possibilities of work because, if people know you can do just about anything, then you're going to get more offers. That's what I want to do. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Work You People Strong Increases Everything Possibilities Crooked About More Demented Know Because Vulnerable Offers Get Going Just Different Want Anything Then Your Played

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. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Character King Musician Athlete Physically Like Sing Also Because Still Nat King Cole Trumpet Fit While Again Play Incorporate

My father was a lorry driver, very rarely at home. The house was run by my mother, and because there were 10 or so kids, there was no time for individual attention. It was about survival. It was about where the next meal was coming from. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

I wanted to wash off the experience of Africa but obviously I couldn't because that's who I was. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Experience Obviously Because Off Africa Wanted Who Wash

Well, filming in Hawaii, you know, is a blessing. It's one of the most beautiful places on this planet. It has a very mystic energy which informs you as an actor. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Beautiful You Blessing Most Beautiful Energy Hawaii Mystic Beautiful Places Know Most Well Very Which Places Informs Planet Actor Filming

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. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Time Desperate Drive Teenager Reckon Immigrant Would Someone Above Something Beyond Go Any Race Connection Eager Belong By The Time

Grassroots projects are what keep you alive as an actor. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

You Projects Alive Grassroots Keep Actor

It's wonderful to do these great blockbusters and bigger pictures, but my heart is always with true stories. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Great Heart Wonderful True Pictures Always Blockbusters Stories Bigger

With any character I do, I do my due diligence with research. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Character Research Diligence Due Any

Multifaceted and textured characters are always more intriguing to me. You never really just want to play one note. It becomes a bit monotone and boring. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Me You Bit Characters Intriguing Boring More Never Becomes Always Just Want Note Really Multifaceted Play

Those films that really speak to the primal fear that we, as human beings, have about the unknown have always intrigued me. That's the really scary thing, not the slasher, macabre movies. It's the ones that deal with the inner fear: the unknown realms and the mysticisms that are scary. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

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. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

As an actor, you really want to resonate with your audience. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

You Resonate Audience Want Really Your Actor

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.' Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

You Sometimes Comedy Be Nice Nice Hey Like Look Genre Lot Romantic Romantic Comedy Mean Might Really Playing

To play these twisted, tormented characters is very draining. You have to sit in the pocket of that character for the duration of the shoot, which is normally an average of three months, and that can be taxing! Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Character You Three Sit Draining Months Characters Tormented Pocket Very Normally Shoot Duration Which Average Taxing Play Twisted

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Quotes

No more Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje quotes