I consider myself a human being, a Christian, a father, a husband, so many things, before being a black person.

People have compact to go beyond our own culture and upbringing to a degree that I think we don't acknowledge enough really.

I hear God as an audible voice.

Considering that I'm British and I talk the way I do, I love it when a director takes a chance on me.

Getting to do what I think was my fifth BBC drama with Nikki Amuka-Bird - we've done 'Shoot The Messenger,' 'Five Days,' 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency,' 'Born Equal' and now 'Small Island' - was another highlight for me. And filming in Jamaica was great, too.

I don't have a tailor, but I do love clothes.

I truly believe slavery is why, as a by-product, we still have a disproportionate amount of black men incarcerated in the USA. It is an extension of that legacy, and that's not going to start to diminish until black people have a new sense of themselves that isn't tied to slavery and feeling inferior. I think the church can be instrumental in that, in terms of repentance, reconciliation and just being more embracing of each other - not just on Sunday, but in life generally.