Zawe Ashton

It's such a difficult thing for women, especially, to admit when we're not coping, because we're supposed to be all right with all the different roles we're born with and are piled on us later on.

As a woman, you do have a sense that if you can do other things, then you should. If you feel, mmm, the roles are getting a little repetitive, and you know you can write, then you should write a different role.

Each project you do demands a different diet in a way. Because there's so much tension in 'Betrayal,' so much holding of breath and emotion, I can't get too happy in my food choices or I can't get alert enough.

Art galleries are the best first date spots for my money.

I prefer to avoid the phrase 'strong women' when talking about female characters and the lack thereof or the need therefore, because it's not about being strong, it's also about being vulnerable, funny etc.

I'm not really concerned about being liked on stage - I'm a bit more concerned about it off stage.

It's wonderful that newer brands such as Fenty are making clear statements about being for all skin tones.

I'm Hackney born and bred and find it hard to call anywhere else home despite the extreme ongoing gentrification which gets me down.

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.

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.

Being yourself, or being judged as yourself, is really scary.

Relief is not a word that ever enters my mind, about anything.