Sometimes My Ethnicity Is Relevant, Other Times

Luckily My Parents Were Not Against My Ambition, They've Always Been Very Supportive. But They Were Adamant That I Went To University First.

I Don't Ever Want To Be Hugely Famous Because I Had A Little Taste Of It After 'east Is East' And 'bend It.'

When I Started Out In The '90s, There Were Not Many People Of Color Writing, Directing And Producing - Hence, The Roles For People Of Color Were Few And Far Between. There's Still Few Roles In England [where She's From].

As Soon As I Moved To New York, I Experienced Hurricane Irene And Then Hurricane Sandy Hit Me In Quite A Big Way. I Had 12 Days Without Any Electricity Or Any Water. The Thing That I Realized The Most From It Was That We've Become So Dependent On Technology. There's So Much Accessibility To Information That Suddenly When Everything Is Cut Off, You're Completely Lost, And You Start Asking Deeper And More Profound Questions - How Short Life Is, And How Grateful We Should Be For Things.

I Remember Sitting In School And Thinking, 'i Don't Know Why I'm Here, Because I Know I'm Going To Act And I Know I'm Going To America.'