"I became an actor by doing school plays and youth theaters, and then National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. And then I did study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. For me that was a good way to enter the field, to work in the theater"
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The intent reads like advice without sermonizing: there is a pathway, and it’s built out of rooms you can enter if you show up and do the work. Naming specific British pipelines also signals a particular class-and-country reality about access. NYT and LAMDA aren’t just places; they’re credibility machines, cultural passports that translate raw interest into professional legitimacy. He’s not bragging, but he is locating himself inside the architecture that makes British acting culture so exportable: disciplined training, repertory values, theatre first.
The subtext is a gentle defense of theatre against screen-centric prestige. “For me that was a good way” isn’t only personal preference; it’s an argument that the stage is a proving ground where your instrument gets built in public, night after night, without the safety net of editing. Coming from an actor often praised for quiet intensity, the statement also explains the source code: technique before brand, ensemble before spotlight, field before fame.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Ejiofor, Chiwetel. (2026, January 16). I became an actor by doing school plays and youth theaters, and then National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. And then I did study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. For me that was a good way to enter the field, to work in the theater. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-became-an-actor-by-doing-school-plays-and-youth-110034/
Chicago Style
Ejiofor, Chiwetel. "I became an actor by doing school plays and youth theaters, and then National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. And then I did study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. For me that was a good way to enter the field, to work in the theater." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-became-an-actor-by-doing-school-plays-and-youth-110034/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I became an actor by doing school plays and youth theaters, and then National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. And then I did study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. For me that was a good way to enter the field, to work in the theater." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-became-an-actor-by-doing-school-plays-and-youth-110034/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
