Any good director, and I've worked with a few that I would call very good, they know how to disarm any anxieties very quickly.
— Carmen Ejogo
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There’s a lot more opportunity to be a person of color, to be a woman, and to be at the center of the storytelling.
I can remember being very keen to go to drama school at the age of eight, and practising ballet in my bedroom to Queen soundtracks.
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you need to be able to step outside yourself, and you don’t necessarily need to have real-life experiences to draw upon.
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