I was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and I moved to Anderson, Indiana, in 2003 to go to school. I finished high school in America, then I went to college.

The biggest thing people tell me is that I'll be jaded real soon and that the allure of filmmaking will lose its magic. Not necessarily the fame, but that special thing you create onscreen.

I was born to a Nigerian dad and a Kenyan mom, and coming to the States was really academic.

Denzel Washington is someone I look up to.

The first audition my manger sent me on was 'The Hunger Games,' and I got the role.

Conformity is a cage that confines our ability to think. It is a cage that hinders growth and deters individualism

To say a person is a coward has no more meaning than to say he is lazy: It simply tells us that some vital potentiality is unrealized or blocked.

if human justice is to supplement Nature's provisions, all family duties must be shared equitably, in person or by proxy.

What I actually wanted to do with my life is make a difference to the world. That led me into science very quickly.

I equate freedom and peace. And I believe America, given its position in the world, must use our power to promote freedom.

The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it.

I think that the human race does command its own destiny and that that destiny can eventually embrace the stars.

How rude for the created to tell the Creator "I wasn't worth it. You didn't do a good job when you made me. I wasn't worth dying for." You don't get a choice! He's the one who gets to decide.

Lessons taught but never learned, all around us anger burns. Guide the future by the past. Long ago the mould was cast.

Lighting is an essential way to change the mood of a room, especially if you can use dimmers.