Daniel Kaluuya

I love being black. ”

I didn't take writing seriously at first - I didn't think I could do it. When I did, I fell in love with it. But writing is very lonely. ”

Skins' was like our uni. I'm tight with everyone from 'Skins' because we had that special experience together. ”

Life ain't a drama. And life isn't just a comedy. Life is sometimes horrifying. Life is science-fiction. There are all elements and faculties that we navigate, so I just expect a script to reflect that. As long as it's truthful. I think genre-bending is just being honest. ”

I think the word 'diverse' is a cancerous word because it's life. It's a PC way of saying 'non-white,' and it ultimately suggests that white is the standard. ”

In the real world, there's probably nothing more horrifying than racism. Living racism is a horrifying experience. And then, having to normalize it and internalize it. ”

I've been to so many parties in England and in America that's exactly like that, where you're kind of, like, seen as Other. When you're just living your life, and you have to adopt the Other in order to understand and navigate the society. ”

I think the 'sunken place' - that term is what I hear when I'm just casually living my life. People say it around me. Not because they're around me; they're saying it because it articulated a state of mind. Lil Wayne's rapped about it. ”

People are decisions and actions. ”

I think the traditional stereotypes are loaded in institutional racism. ”