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I don't tend to go into any job thinking about the audience reaction.
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I do always try and do work that I'm going to be interested in talking about when it's released.
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Being yourself, or being judged as yourself, is really scary.
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My mum took me to see 'The Wizard of Oz' when I was about three and I was blown away.
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As an actor you can always blame the director or writer for negative feedback. But as a writer, you're the reason why everyone's in the room.
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The actors I admire always have something to say, or a level of poetry, belief, activism or intelligence about what they do or how they feel.
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I would like to have a baby.
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The widespread shame of motherhood is criminal, and it needs to stop. The world can never improve if you disrespect the people that bring life.
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I want to be a successful actor, never a famous star. Because one is an organic meal that will sustain you, and the other is toxic.
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How long have we got to talk about women of colour and imposter syndrome. It's a real thing, and many people have it. It's, I think, a particular characteristic of the overachiever. Because you're bottomless, you never think what you've achieved is enough.
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I'm a keen experimenter in the kitchen. With food, not with anything else!
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I've always wanted to live somewhere extremely nice like Sloane Square... although that would probably be too nice for me.
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I've never lived in north or west London, so I'd like to come out of my comfort zone for a bit. But Stoke Newington is where my heart is, it's where I'm born and bred.
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When you work in film sets, when you're working on projects that are male dominated, you are always treated as the last priority.
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If you cut me open I bleed East London.
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I actually grew up around the corner from where Harold Pinter did. If you want a snapshot of my childhood, me and Pinter, we essentially grew up together.
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The first stage play I ever did was a school play called 'The Wishing Chair.'
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If there's one person I looked up to obsessively, it was Will Smith. There wasn't anyone who looked like me on TV in England. 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' was my touchstone.
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I'm Hackney born and bred and find it hard to call anywhere else home despite the extreme ongoing gentrification which gets me down.
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Art galleries are the best first date spots for my money.
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Tennessee Williams moves my soul.
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I like clothes that feel fresh and surprising.
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It has taken a long time for me to really dress as the artist that I am: I'm an indie girl, I like experimental, I like things to be subverted. Details are the fun part.
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What a character wears and how it affects their mood and their movements has always been very important to me. A character's clothes, if they're truthful, can make audiences feel something.
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It's wonderful that newer brands such as Fenty are making clear statements about being for all skin tones.
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I have a very short attention span.
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I've always acted, it's my passion and belief system.
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I'm not really concerned about being liked on stage - I'm a bit more concerned about it off stage.
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I've had doors slammed in my face, I've been shouted at in my face in meetings when I've stood up for myself.
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No-one tells you about being in episodic television and it ending. No-one tells you how painful it is. How bizarre it is when you've dedicated your life to one character for five years.
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I've had times in the past where I wanted to give up acting, get my head out of the arts because it was like my constitution couldn't deal with it. My job means I get judged on my looks; I get discriminated against because of my sex; I take on roles that are so two-dimensional... you can go mad trying to fill that third dimension.
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I love writing with pen and paper; I hate technology.
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Art should be for everyone, not just the rich.
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Episodic TV is notoriously brutal because just when you think 'I've got this, I know this character' you can pick up the script for series four and you die in the first episode - or your character suddenly transitions from a woman to a man.
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I'm someone who likes to explore the complexities in people.
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I know I'm different and I don't fit in to any kind of generic mould.
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If I was someone who wanted to do just love-interest roles then I'd be in a difficult position. But thankfully I'm someone who likes to do things that are edgy and different.
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Mum got me involved in every activity under the sun - singing, dancing and drama classes at the Anna Scher theatre school.
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I used 'Saved by the Bell: The College Years' as my reference point really for my 'Fresh Meat' experience.
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Good writing shouldn't be wrapped in cellophane. It should be open to the elements and full of maggots and it should be left to grow and deepen and fester.
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