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David Oyelowo

👤 Speaker
390 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

a lack of connection to other people.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

But, you know, that's exactly it.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

Him trying to reconnect, having been denied connection for so long with the very people that essentially their existence is what kept him going.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

So he wants nothing more than to reconnect with his wife.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

His son has become nonverbal because of some of the trauma he sees in his mother due to what has happened to his father.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

So, you know, all of that is happening

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

And you can't tell what's in his mind and what's perceived and what is real.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

And that's where the psychological thriller aspect comes in.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

But what we also hoped to do is to tap into how we can all relate to feelings of isolation, whether it's loneliness, whether it's in your own head, whether it's childhood trauma, whatever that may be.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

And what is the path to healing for that?

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

And, you know, Richard Rosario, the extraordinary thing, his wife stuck by him for the 20 years he was incarcerated.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

And her name is Minerva.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

And it's extraordinary to see him now, 10 years after he's been released, still dealing with a lot of what he dealt with.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

But it is extraordinary to see how love in relation to that thing you talk about of how you slowly bring someone back as opposed to just giving them a full meal is

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

has sort of got this guy to a place where, you know, he can now stand up in front of people and talk about his experience.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

And this is where, gosh, especially as an artist, if there is someone who sees in you what you haven't seen in yourself yet...