Chiwetel Ejiofor
Related HELEN REDDY I grew up in Manhattan and, since my father was a playwright, all I ever wanted to be was a stage ac... LAURA LINNEY LORETTA SWIT DAVID SOUL At first, I didn't know what an actor was. I thought it was an acrobat. I saw acrobats at the ci... FINN JONES LEWIS THOMAS I think I wanted to be a doctor. In Iran, the engineering and medical professions are worshipped. My... DARA KHOSROWSHAHI JIGME KHESAR NAMGYEL WANGCHUCK IMAN When I was 13 I was diagnosed with malignant brain cancer. I spent 13 weeks in the hospital getting ... DELBERT TEILLE I've had an ambition to be somebody since I was 13 years old because I wanted to help my family.... TRINI LOPEZ ELEANOR ROOSEVELT DAVID NICHOLLS TADANOBU ASANO JENNA MORASCA My father was an alcoholic. My mother was gone. She's the only mother I ever knew. CHARLES PLANCON [That studio was built for her father shortly before his death from cancer in 1978.] It was a little... FRANK MULLINS I always wanted to be an actress, but my parents were adamant that I complete my studies first befor... KEERTHY SURESH My father wanted me to be a pharmacist like himself. He had been a doctor, but he no longer believed... CLAUDE CHABROL KANGANA RANAUT Originally my father was a medical student. He suddenly gave up his studies and walked out to become... GLYNIS JOHNS My mother approved, my father just didn't accept the idea of my being an actor. I think that's the r... JAMES STEWART My first love is film, always. I wanted to be an actor. That was my dream as a young man, JOE SIMPSON My mother wanted me to be a lawyer and I wanted to be an Actor. So I went to school, majored in thea... ARSENIO HALL I got my first pilot lessons for my 16th birthday, ... I was scared the first time I tried it, but I... ERIC HOFFMAN Unlike my mother, who was unashamedly delighted when I decided to become an actor, I always feel tha... MARTIN CLUNES TONY HAWK I was a goodie-good kid; my parents both worked for the First Methodist Church in Lubbock. My father... BOB LIVINGSTON B. F. SKINNER SALMAN RUSHDIE CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN My father, a Palestinian, and my mother, an Israeli, met in a bar in New York. Their encounter was a... HANNAH LILLITH ASSADI Ever since my mother sent me to Saturday morning grammar classes when I was 7, I wanted to become a ... JACK GLEESON I wrote for years before I was ever published, and I don't think I could ever stop. That said, I... JAMES ROLLINS My father was a waiter basically, and when I got my first professional job as an actor, I left a job... ALFRED MOLINA So my parents, particularly my mother, she noticed that I seemed to be interested, so on my seventh ... HERBIE HANCOCK When I was about fourteen, my mother took me to see a musical comedy-and that was my first experienc... AL HIRSCHFELD The truth is, ever since I was little, I've wanted to be an actor more than I ever wanted to be ... CATHY MORIARTY GREG NORMAN BONNIE BLAIR DONALD TRUMP I owed it to my father that I was elected to Parliament in the first place, but I owed it to my moth... AGNES MACPHAIL My father died in 1989 before I knew what I was going to do with my life. I had just graduated from ... PAUL GIAMATTI My mother was an actress and my voice teacher, an incredible voice teacher. My biological father is ... LAURA BENANTI I knew well in advance, even before I stepped on the stage for my first event, that I was going to l... SVETLANA KHORKINA SALLY FIELD STUART ROSE SARAH WATERS January 14, 2000, was my first time on stage, and I've been hooked ever since. I got discovered ... HARI KONDABOLU Bowling was my first love. Beating my mother for the first time when I was 13 or 14 was a major acco... JEROME BETTIS My father was a waiter basically, and when I got my first professional job as an actor, I left a job... ALFRED MOLINA I'm a father myself for the first time in my life, and I had very very loving parents. DAVID KEITH GREG NORMAN My mother was funnier than anybody I ever worked for. My father was as funny as this coat. Not a lau... GARRY MARSHALL From the time I was 3, I wanted to be a major-league player. To accomplish that at 35, get my name o... JIM MORRIS It was unexpected. Yes, I did 20 years in the Army, but I never thought he would follow in my footst... BRIAN MONTGOMERY DON RICKLES My father is a very successful man in the corporate world, and I am his only son. He had certain dre... RAM KAPOOR BEVERLY SILLS BEYONCE KNOWLES DAVID CASSIDY BABE DIDRIKSON ZAHARIAS BABE DIDRIKSON ZAHARIAS I was lucky that I started very young, since I had a very clear idea of what I wanted to do. But my ... EDGARDO OSORIO QUEEN ELIZABETH II QUEEN ELIZABETH II QUEEN ELIZABETH II QUEEN ELIZABETH II QUEEN ELIZABETH II QUEEN ELIZABETH II QUEEN ELIZABETH II QUEEN ELIZABETH II QUEEN ELIZABETH II QUEEN ELIZABETH II QUEEN ELIZABETH II QUEEN ELIZABETH II QUEEN ELIZABETH II QUEEN ELIZABETH II QUEEN ELIZABETH II QUEEN ELIZABETH II QUEEN ELIZABETH II QUEEN ELIZABETH II QUEEN ELIZABETH II QUEEN ELIZABETH II QUEEN ELIZABETH II QUEEN ELIZABETH II QUEEN ELIZABETH II QUEEN ELIZABETH II QUEEN ELIZABETH II QUEEN ELIZABETH II QUEEN ELIZABETH II QUEEN ELIZABETH II QUEEN ELIZABETH II QUEEN ELIZABETH II QUEEN ELIZABETH II QUEEN ELIZABETH II JACK BLACK My parents were divorced when I was three, and both my father and mother moved back into the homes o... PATRICIA POLACCO Ever since I was a little girl, I loved to make things. I always made dresses for my Barbie dolls. W... STACEY BENDET PAULO COELHO
More Chiwetel Ejiofor
CHIWETEL EJIOFOR CHIWETEL EJIOFOR CHIWETEL EJIOFOR CHIWETEL EJIOFOR CHIWETEL EJIOFOR CHIWETEL EJIOFOR CHIWETEL EJIOFOR CHIWETEL EJIOFOR CHIWETEL EJIOFOR CHIWETEL EJIOFOR CHIWETEL EJIOFOR CHIWETEL EJIOFOR CHIWETEL EJIOFOR CHIWETEL EJIOFOR
I worked with my parents on the stage in production numbers since I was 4, but I never really gave m... 
My first thought in life was wanting to be an actor. I was in ballet slippers and on pointe as soon ... 
My father was my main influence. He was a preacher, but he was also a history and political science ... 
My father was a doctor, and I admired him and got along well with him. He took me with him on house ... 
I will follow in my father's footsteps. My father set the bar very high. He was a wonderful lead... 
I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footst... 
I do not think that I am a natural born mother... If I ever wanted to mother anyone, it was my fathe... 
David Holdaway was my stage name. I was an actor for about eight years in the '90s. I had to cha... 
I decided in my late teens that I wanted to be an actor, and my dad and I agreed that films were bet... 
Since my mother passed away, my father and I forged a bond that is so tighter than one could possibl... 
My parents wanted me to be a doctor. So I took up science, but then realised that my heart was not i... 
When I was around eleven or twelve, my board got hung up on the top of a bowl, and I got a concussio... 
I don't think my mother and father ever had any doubts about what I was to be punished for or no... 
I've met the Dalai Lama briefly, but I would probably say my grandfather was the wisest person I... 
I never wanted to design clothes. I never wanted to work for the fashion industry. Shoes sort of bel... 
I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father 
I was too embarrassed to say anything to my doctor or even to my husband. I got the courage to talk ... 
My father was very energetic; my mother was very energetic. He lived to a very old age, and so did m... 
When I was born, the doctor looked at my mother and said, 'Congratulations, you have an actor!&#... 
When my mother died, my father was in a crisis, my sister was in a crisis, everyone was in a crisis.... 
One time, two years ago, I took a draught of morphia, meaning to end my life. My mother found me bef... 
When I got out of high school, I wanted to be an actor but was getting a lot of rejections. I was ge... 
My father died five days before I returned to New York. He was only fifty-three years old. My parent... 
I always try to be myself. Ever since I was an introverted kid, I'd get on stage and be able to ... 
My mother, Evelyn, was an actress and singer, and my father, Jack, was an actor. My earliest recolle... 
Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My goal was to be ... 
It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained. 
Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and... 
It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime. 
My parents were very supportive of me and my artistic endeavours. My father and mother came to every... 
It took me 40 years to write my first book. When I was a child, I was encouraged to go to school. I ... 
In England, there's no acknowledgement the invention of slavery came from Britain.