I come from a very matriarchal family and it's important to me that women are protected and saved and educated and loved and valued.
I've realized I have not been completely honest with what I need and what I want and how I've been treated, and I haven't necessarily stood up for myself. I've not always stood completely in my power and spoken the truth.
You get to a certain age and you start comparing and being uncomfortable in one's body. And then you get to a place where you start to love yourself, accept yourself, celebrate and honor yourself.
I've always been quite scared about talking about race. You don't wanna rock the boat because you want to keep working.
I go into every audition and I come out and I say, 'I did my best.'
If we want the world to change, we can change it. But in order to change it, the world collectively has to do better.
The day after Brexit I had a moment when someone said, 'Don't you want to go back to your own country?' I wasn't 100 per cent sure if he was thinking he was being kind? I was like, 'Um... this is my home, thank you.'
Until 'Lovecraft Country' feels like a show where people go, 'Is that how the world used to be?' we do need to talk about it and make art about it, because sadly, it's not history yet.
I'm healthy, but I'm not thin.
I don't just have the patriarchy to compete with. I have systemic racism and white supremacy and inequality to compete with.