I never felt at home in London, because people were constantly telling me I didn't belong here, so after a while, you tend to believe that.

I've always liked women who are older. They seem to know who they are, and they've lived. They've got soul, and that's very attractive.

If you don't take the chance to live life, what can you say at the end of it?

Just because I never went to university doesn't mean you can't read, although I do feel a bit uneducated from time to time.

It is not easy to get parts in mainstream films for most people of color. Hollywood and British writers are not writing parts for us, or the directors are not interested in casting us in parts that are color-blind.

Older women know who they are, and that makes them more beautiful than younger ones. I like to see a face with some character. I want to see lines. I want to see wrinkles.

People have souls, and we all accept that cities have souls, too. It's why the locations are so important.