But when you become a slave to a public persona and don’t feel comfortable without it, it becomes a shield and it shouldn’t come at the expense of your self-worth.

I think all characters that we play are facets of ourselves.

I like being free to take on any project that inspires me and to trust that the work will speak for itself.

I'm a multi-faceted human being.

I think there are parts of myself in every character I play.

As a biracial girl growing up in England, I'd never really seen any historical characters who looked like me depicted on film before that weren't being brutalized or playing slaves.

Don't worry about society's conditioning and the labels that are put on you by external forces. Hold onto your true self.