you need to be able to step outside yourself, and you don’t necessarily need to have real-life experiences to draw upon. - Carmen Ejogo

There’s a social attitude toward being fairly accepting of violence, and coupled with the access to guns, in some ways we’re already at a place where in certain communities, gun violence is already rife—and in some ways, because of policy, it’s kind of condoned from the top.

One of the reasons I didn't ever pursue a career - in the music world if you're black or mixed, you need to be able to belt a song or else you're not a singer, you know?

I can remember being very keen to go to drama school at the age of eight, and practising ballet in my bedroom to Queen soundtracks.