Carmen Ejogo
Carmen Ejogo
Carmen Elizabeth Ejogo is a British actress and singer. She began her career as a teenager in London, hosting the Saturday Disney morning show from 1993 to 1995. Her film credits include What's the Worst That Could Happen?, Away We Go, Sparkle, Alex Cross, and The Purge: Anarchy...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth1 January 1973
CityLondon, England
oil self expression
I come alive when I'm painting. I like to work in oils and acrylics, and the full sensory engagement and self-expression is very stimulating to me.
kindness dull ifs
Intelligence starts to get pretty dull if it's not coupled with kindness.
age acting taste
I feel like I was born an actor. I did not pursue acting until I was a bit older. But I got a taste of it at an earlier age in the UK.
girl opportunity acting
I was not seduced by the celebrity side of acting. However, as a British girl watching a lot of American TV, I saw that there was a whole world of opportunity in the States that I wanted to discover.
hollywood culture wanted
The Hollywood culture is so invasive, and I definitely wanted to be near it eventually.
actors directors projects
At times as an actor, it's often times unclear as to what the directors envision for a project.
self political guessing
I'm guessing that musicals didn't make sense anymore because of the changes in the political environment that began in the late Sixties, an era of self-awareness and social revolutions.
degrees nostalgia kind
Musicals are finally kind of coming back to a degree, perhaps out of a sense of nostalgia.
role-models roles glory
There are many mediocre entertainers who don't aspire to much more than fame and glory. It's very easy to have them as your role models because there aren't as many greats.
overcoming comfort fear-of-failure
The great fear I've had to overcome is the fear of failure. It can be safer to stay in a comfort zone that's not stretching yourself.
play chicks
I'd love to play a full-out rocking chick.
fighting opportunity careers
Leaving my first agent was both my best business decision and my worst business decision. It depends on how I want to look at my career because of opportunities that may have come had I stayed with him and because of the opportunities that did come because I had to fight harder for roles.
opportunity done body
Success for me will be where the body of work I've done afforded me the opportunity to be as good as I can be, and to explore myself and to see what I'm capable of.
dream light appreciate
Do not let your light be dimmed by anybody who doesn't appreciate the dream that you're trying to pursue.