As a man - no longer a teenager that can play those really young roles, but as a man - I think I've only just got good in the last three or four year….

Generally, an indie film in the U.K. is put together much like in the states. We got a tax credit. You sell the domestic rights, which can be quite l….

Let's start doing new and different things that enable us all to grow as a film culture and a community in total..

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 asked my media teacher, "You can make films out of sequence?" and he was like "Yeah! You can do whatever you want." I just started to write because….

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 ha….

I just started to write because I was fed up of not seeing the stories that I wanted, so I was like “Stop moaning and write something.”.

I'm always writing, but directing takes priority over everything, unless the acting is a job that lifts that whole brand. If I get a part in a big fi….

After Kidulthood, I was called in to a meeting and told that I didn't write women very well. I was very annoyed..

I think one thing my mother always instilled in me was a sense of individuality. Being an only child, I never thought I had to rely on anyone. I was ….

What I want to do is make things that I think people want to watch. I'm a film fan, so I think I'm in touch with other film fans and that they might ….

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

I'm just who I am. I don't try to change myself for other people..

As an actor, director or writer you never want to be doing one thing. To show that diversity and be able to do more than one thing, and to play diffe….

I'm always willing to work that little bit harder to achieve what I need to achieve because I feel like it's a blessing for me to be here. I was neve….

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

I'm a nice guy to anyone I meet, until they show me they don't deserve niceness. I'll turn very quickly. But I'm pretty pleasant overall..

People can criticise me all day long. It just washes off me. You might as well be talking to a wall..

I don't like doing things that are too easy..

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..

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,….