As a black actress, all I was offered in British film was the best friend role, whereas in television, I was offered a whole spectrum of parts..

Michael Jackson is everywhere. I can't not listen to what we did because it's everywhere. I listen to it all the time whether I want to or not..

I'm very wary of trust, you see..

Almost no one can take on an entire future in one step, much less while reeling emotionally..

I'd quite like to do a film but I'd also love to do more theatre. I want to keep challenging myself with good roles. It's harder for women because th….

Someone recommended that I read the Bible, and it was then I discovered that I knew nothing about it..

Do not dehumanize others..

Some questions change everything..

We have learned nothing..

Fear is the beginning of wisdom..

I'd rather be a comma than a full stop..

I let the scripts basically be my Bible..

Peace is not everything, but without peace, everything is nothing..

You can make something out of nothing..

Sometimes I'll read things in the script and think, "That's not how humans behave," or "I don't understand how to do that role and make it seem like ….

You can have a role in a movie that was originally something minor in terms of screen time, and all of a sudden we see something and go, wow, that's ….

Knowledge is after all a non-rivalrous good.

What about the future?" "We'll talk about the future when it gets here..

Life's the longest picture you're ever gonna take..

The headiest loves were the loves that couldn't be..

I'm quite a curious person. I don't mind being the one who doesn't know things, a role I often play in QI..