I think always as an actor. I go in knowing how I’m going to play it. That’s about it.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJENames are very significant in that culture. It basically states your purpose in life.
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I want to take the helm and be a renegade cop, or something like that.
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I’m of Nigerian descent, from the Yoruba tribe.
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So you really, really have to stay supple.
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I’d like to do a lead action role.
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Whilst I’m still young and I still have the looks
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Immediately, that gives you creative license to really recreate and explore and put a new stamp on the genre.
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I remember in the Carpenter version, you got acquainted with the characters and really knew them..
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I just said, “This is something to get on board with.”
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I was always led to believe you should take care of yourself.
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The only way I know how to deliver is to focus; some people can turn it on or off – I’d rather stay in character.
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And then, with a European director and Norwegian actors speaking in Norwegian, it was going to be very interesting.
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The house was run by my mother, and because there were 10 or so kids, there was no time for individual attention.
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Because I play the trumpet and sing. I’d like to incorporate that into a character.
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The axe is fifteen pounds
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It’s a significant question: should black people only adopt black children, and white people white children?
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