I think until Britain acknowledges just how much of a presence black people had here before the Sixties, then there are certain stories that are not going to be inclusive of what I have to offer.

You're always looking for roles and other creatives who are going to be challenging to you, because you're always a better actor after the experience.

We can't afford to deny our past in a bid to be empowered. But what we can do is contextualize the past.

I do think opportunity breeds bravery. It's such a competitive profession, no one owes you anything, talent in itself is not enough. I went to drama school with so many great actors who are not doing it anymore and it's circumstantial.

Excellence is the best weapon against prejudice.

I truly believe that we cannot come to a place of reconciliation until there is individual repentance and corporate repentance.

I feel television is in a fantastically rich vein of what it's presenting both by opportunity to actors and to audiences.