georgeorsonwelles:“The notion of being an actor, for a Nigerian family, is bizarre … [My fathe
georgeorsonwelles:“The notion of being an actor, for a Nigerian family, is bizarre … [My father] always thought it was a phase. Until he came to the Royal Shakespeare theater and we did Henry IV part one, two and three and I played Henry IV in all three. And he had come to the U.K. when racism was incredibly overt, in the ’60s. He had hot tea poured in his face. He was applying for a job and was spat at, physically spat at in the face. And afterwards at the stage door, I saw him and I could see he had been through something. And he said, "I cannot believe this, that in this country they would allow a black man to be the King of England and it is my son?” And that was the moment beyond which he became my number one fan.“ - David Oyelowo (x). -- source link
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