Zawe Ashton

I hate talking about class, but the truth is as an actor you're only going to be doing some really great work if you can afford to be out of work and take the good stuff. If you can't, you're going to be treading quite a different path.

When you work in film sets, when you're working on projects that are male dominated, you are always treated as the last priority.

I do always try and do work that I'm going to be interested in talking about when it's released.

In the future, the idea would be to create work for myself, as a way to work up into my 80s if nothing else. But also, I want to cast my friends in things or people I saw who weren't working and I'd be like, 'Why aren't you working, I don't understand - I'll write you a role in something.'

I got into a habit really early about not talking about work, ever.

I think I've always felt that I want to do a very specific type of work and I've made informed decisions. You know, hopefully be part of a quiet movement or revolution.

Often when you're working on dark material, the atmosphere is fun.