I always find filming stressful. I get very caught up thinking about my character - 'Am I doing it right? Should it be done this way?'

I'm always looking for the comfiest place to lie down, like a cat.

To have the kind of success I have had is really amazing, and I am incredibly grateful.

I love Sam Mendes. He's a fantastic director.

I don't why I was bullied. I was quite shy and skinny. Very nerdy, very bookwormish. I think I was just a target.

[I like to cook] Shepherd's pie, which is a classic British dish. But my version reflects my Jamaican roots, because I add jerk to it as well.

I wanted to play roles which offered new ways of viewing black women and black people in general- and I have done that. And I have always, whether I needed to pay the rent or not, I've always turned down roles which I thought were stereotypical. And so when I look at my body of work in that respect, I am really happy. Because I feel my work does say something positive and that was what I always set out to do.