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David Oyelowo

👤 Speaker
406 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

This is really happening.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

Don't say anything stupid.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

Just, you know.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

And you were saying that out loud.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

But as you say, that's what you want.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

Look, I think at its height, storytelling, and this is what I tried to do with Newborn, that was an incredibly uncomfortable role to play.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

My dad passed away on the first day of filming.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

Um, he was dealing with colon cancer and, you know, I, I, I had considered not taking the role.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

I said to him, look, daddy, I, I, I, I just can't leave you.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

We were, we were shooting in Canada.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

Uh, and he was no, no, you must go.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

You must go.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

This is what you're here.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

This is what you're on this earth to do.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

You must go.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

And this is from my dad who originally was so against it.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

Against what I wanted to do as a vocation, as a profession.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

That was his last gesture.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

It's huge.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
David Oyelowo Returns

It's the only reason I, I went and I, and I did it, but I, I watch newborn now and I can see, I can see I'm, I'm now removed from it because I've gone through my, or I'm in the middle of my process of healing from the loss of my dad, but I can see the price, you know, I still carry guilt about