I'm an actor. That's what I'm gifted at. It's what makes me breathe.

I hate the analyzing thing. People say, 'Why do you think your character did that? I don't know. I'm not an analyst, and they're not in psychotherapy. Unless it's a film where they're in therapy.

I respond very well to well-written material and women who have had an effect on society, something tragic or monumental has happened to them.

It's important to have masculine energy around your child.

I'm an actor. That's what I'm gifted at. It's what makes me breathe.

When you've been raised in care, rap music isn't just about guns and sexism. They're talking about real things you can hang on to, problems of identity that you have sympathy with. It's not just about the music, with rap: when I was in care, it meant a whole lot more than that.

I like to stretch my acting muscles.