I think it's important that we have a new batch of British film-makers that aren't doing the same old stuff. And that includes me.

I think the British industry is set up to support British film, if we make films that enable them to support it. If you don't make a commercial film, distributors can't get behind it. If they don't get behind it, the film doesn't do well.

I'd always much rather be second choice on anything because it makes you work harder.

You'll never see me in any of the tabloids because I've made a conscious effort to stay out of that. I'm not interested in fame. I'm interested in hard work and letting my work speak for what I do. I've been in high-profile shows but you don't see stories on me because I don't go out and court them.

You have to show the negative to show the positivity that comes from it.

I couldn't tell you the ratio, but probably for every job you see me do, there would be 20 rejections.

When I wrote 'Kidulthood,' I didn't even know there was going to be a 'Kidulthood.' I just wanted to test myself to see if I could write a script.