“I was this very precocious kid with a big personality. When my mother ...” — Carmen Ejogo Quote

I was this very precocious kid with a big personality. When my mother saw that modelling was something I enjoyed, she didn't dissuade me.

I wanted to work with Mike Leigh. I had my list of British people I wanted to work with, and I wanted to work with David Lynch and Woody Allen.

I dabbled a little bit in the whole music thing but I've always thought about Bernie Taupin, who is Elton John's lyricist; Elton John is the great melody and song writer but Bernie Taupin is the one who writes all the lyrics. I don't write lyrics, and I never wanted to be in the music business if I was just going to be a puppet in it.

I was a big fan of John Cassavetes, his wife, Gena Rowlands, and that era of filmmaking which was about realism and which represented the antithesis of the dreamy escapism you found in musicals.

I have enjoyed a wonderful run in films, so far, and I may, at some point, come back. But it will be in my own time and in my own style.

I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school.

I wanted to be a part of the NBA because I enjoyed the Sixers games when I was young.

I have this friend who does comedy but also music, and I really enjoyed his stuff, and I wanted to do that.

Oprah is more than an institution. Oprah is a very special star in the firmament. I can't imagine a greater success than she's enjoyed.