"I like to stay busy and that’s partly why I produce and I’m now directing. I just love storytelling, and as an actor, you can often feel like a cog in a wheel. I don’t want to be a cog in a wheel. I want to be the wheel. In fact, I’d rather own the whole bicycle."
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David Oyelowo: “I don’t want to be a cog in a wheel… I’d rather own the whole bicycle”. NME,16 December 2020
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