Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje famous quotes

03-22-2025

The only way you can influence your fate is to put your soul into your performance and hope it registers with the audience.
-- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

#Fate #Soul #Way
Well, filming in Hawaii, you know, is a blessing. It's one of the most beautiful places on this planet. It has a very mystic energy which informs you as an actor.
-- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

#Beautiful #Blessing #Energy
Wale means to arrive home. So the crown has arrived home. Akin is warrior or brave man. Nuoye is a brave man of chieftaincy and Agbaje means wealth and prosperity.
-- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

#Home #Mean #Warrior
My father was a lorry driver, very rarely at home. The house was run by my mother, and because there were 10 or so kids, there was no time for individual attention. It was about survival. It was about where the next meal was coming from.
-- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

#Mother #Running #Father
I've played different nationalities, and everything from vulnerable to strong to crooked to demented. It just increases your possibilities of work because, if people know you can do just about anything, then you're going to get more offers. That's what I want to do.
-- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

#Strong #People #Different
Also, I'd like to play an athlete again, while I'm still physically fit, or a musician, like Nat King Cole, because I play the trumpet and sing. I'd like to incorporate that into a character.
-- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

#Kings #Athlete #Character
You really have to act your pants off to stay alive. I thrive on that; I rise to the occasion of the circumstances.
-- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

#Alive #Pants #Circumstances
What is a shame is that there isn't stuff that is as great as 'Oz' on a consistent level around today.
-- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

#Levels #Stuff #Today
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.
-- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

#Character #People #Focus
Personally, I love Toronto.
-- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

#Toronto
It's a significant question: should black people only adopt black children, and white people white children?
-- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

#Children #White #People
I've never been really great at trusting anybody, just because of the way I grew up.
-- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

#Way #Grew Up #Grew
I'm of Nigerian descent, from the Yoruba tribe. Names are very significant in that culture. It basically states your purpose in life.
-- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

#Names #Culture #Purpose
I was always led to believe you should take care of yourself, trust in your abilities and you're the author of your own destiny.
-- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

#Believe #Destiny #Care
I just want to keep the diversity and the options open. In terms of what I'm looking for, I'd like to do a lead action role.
-- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

#Diversity #Roles #Want
Certainly, I look for different characters 'cause I always like to keep people guessing, and I also don't like to get typecast.
-- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

#Character #People #Different
When a child wants to be accepted, he'll do anything. And if it means you're getting a certain amount of notoriety from a fight, that's what you'll do.
-- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

#Children #Mean #Fighting

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