David Oyelowo reflects on his journey from an immigrant family to becoming an actor, sharing how a teacher’s belief in him opened up opportunities in the arts despite cultural barriers.
He shares, "Doing drama GCSE gave me the opportunity to play Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors. I found a muscle, a passion, a desire that I had no other way of knowing was within me... Windows opened and it became my calling."
Oyelowo recounts, "Without Gill, I would not have even known about drama schools, let alone got a scholarship to go to Lamda. She gave me access to a world that felt inaccessible."
The actor also states, "I was on my way to Oxford Brookes University to do a law degree combined with fine art... I was putting it off until Gill bumped into me and inspired me to pursue acting more seriously."
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