[We assume] that the self is an actual living thing, but it's not. It's a projection which our clever brains create in order to cheat ourselves from the reality of death.

I've been fortunate not to have been pigeonholed by virtue of being mixed-race, of being English and black, and by virtue of working all over the world. I've enjoyed a great degree of variety in the work that I've done. It's been quite unique.

If we're all living in ourselves and mistaking it for life, then we're devaluing and desensitizing life.

I can hardly find the words to describe the peace I felt when I was acting. My dysfunctional self could actually plug in to another self, not my own, and it felt so good.

Having children is life-changing, to state the obvious. It's a gigantic shift in your life and I welcomed it.

I'd love to do yoga every day. I don't usually have time, but a few sun salutations go a long way.

I use the film industry as a pleasure for work and that kind of thing and it's not a pursuit to make me feel happy in my life.