I was physically abused and I retaliated.
I'll never get a part in a huge action blockbuster.
I'm an actor. That's what I'm gifted at. It's what makes me breathe.
I think once you're a mother to one, you're a mother to them all.
I wanted to make a film - and I've been wanting to do this for 16 years - about life in care, and bring it to the public's attention, because I had never seen anything, on TV or in the cinema, which said: 'This is how it feels to be a kid in care'.
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.