Kirsty Young asks actor Chiwetel Ejiofor what advice he would give his younger self.
, journalist and broadcaster Kirsty Young asks fascinating people what advice they would like to give their younger self.
He chats to Kirsty about the way his life changed after his father’s death, his complex feelings on becoming a CBE, and the time he gave Spielberg directing hints. Here are seven things we learned.Chiwetel Ejiofor found success at a young age. After doing one term at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, he won a role in Steven Spielberg’s 1997 movie Amistad when he was 19. It took him a while to realise this wasn’t typical. “When I started, I was so precocious, I suppose,” he says.
On Amistad, which also starred Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, Anthony Hopkins and Morgan Freeman, he was so confident that he gave Spielberg filmmaking advice. “I remember I went up to Spielberg and started talking about how I thought the scene might go! And he was very patient with me.” He has no regrets. “I can laugh at myself, but I also think that’s a wonderful confidence to have and a great place to be.
He once found it debilitating, but his view has changed with age. “, ‘There has to be absolutely nothing that can be perceived to be wrong with this performance, with this moment. If there is, then that’s terrible’…I’m relieved, having this conversation, that I don’t feel like that now!”In 2008, Chiwetel was awarded an OBE. In 2015, he became a CBE. As the child of immigrants from a country that was once colonised by the British Empire, Chiwetel had mixed feelings when offered the titles.
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