Daniel Kaluuya

The beauty of any artwork is that it becomes the person that's watching it: What do you take out of it? ”

When you're a young black man, you're not allowed to be emotional. One of the reasons I act is people pay me to be emotional. ”

I hope people listen to black people more. You'd be surprised how little people listen to black people when it comes to racial issues. It's weird. ”

A lot of time, people enter the most depressing situations, and they are the funniest people on Earth, because they have to be. It's a coping mechanism. ”

A Prophet' is one of my favorite films of all time. ”

The Fades' is its own world. If you try and link it to some religion, you have people going, 'Oh, that's not right,' with their Bible open. Let's just chuck some imagination at it. ”

I did a play, back in the day, called 'Sucker Punch,' and it meant so much for me. I was 21. And I went, 'I just want to do work like that.' Stuff I believe in. And when I have compromised, I've never really felt good about it. ”

Sometimes I'll work in America, sometimes I'll work in England. What's important is fulfilment. I just want to tell stories. ”

When work ends, I'd rather just be seen as Daniel - normal. ”