I Seem To Be Able To Disassociate

I Have A Bee In My Bonnet As To How Few Black Historical Figures One Sees On Film; Incredible Stories, Stories From Which We Are Living The Legacy And Which Just Don't Get Made.

I Have Been In Films Before Where People Have Been In A Rush To Label Them As A Black Film Or Even As A History Lesson. These Are Ways To Make The Film Feel Niche And Not For Everyone.

I Know I Had My Equivalents In Adrian Lester And Lenny James When I Was At Drama School. I Remember David Harewood Doing 'othello' At The National, And Adrian Lester Having Done Cheek By Jowl's Famous 'as You Like It And Company' At The Donmar. Not Necessarily Performances I Saw, But Just The Fact They Happened Was Massively Encouraging.

I Certainly Don't Feel There's A Distinction To Be Made Between A Television And A Film Actor. I Think There's A Distinction Between Great Actors And Not So Great Actors. But I Really Think If You Watch A Person Working In Television Give A Wonderful Performance, That Person Is F - Ing Great, Because There Is No Time.

I Admire Many Actors, Though I Don't Think There's Anyone Whose Career I Would Want To Mirror Sort Of By The Beats. What I'm Really Looking To Do Is Constantly Defy Expectations. I'm Very Curious To See If You Can Actually Have A Character Actor And A Movie Star's Career Combined.