Quotes from Wunmi Mosaku

I dropped chemistry because there was a cute boy, and I figured out if I dropped chemistry, I would be in his drama class.

I love myself, I love my skin, and I love my history. I'm grateful for who I am, grateful for the people who made me, my ancestors, and I wouldn't change a thing.

I grew up on an estate in Manchester and people I've known from school have died in gang trouble and I always thought, if I'd been on a different estate at a different time, it could have been me.

I would die to get a part in 'Glee' and sing a song.

I'm healthy, but I'm not thin.

I think the saddest thing is how people take on guilt and blame that isn't theirs or doesn't belong to them, and how hard it is to forgive yourself.

The scary thing is that I sometimes think, 'Oh, I've won a Bafta. This could be the top of the precipice.'

I feel like I present the way I need to present in order to survive and feel like I can navigate.

I have truly never been honest outside of the home in regards to racism and inequality and what I've been subject to.

It is humbling to be a part of 'Our Loved Boy.'

Sci-fi and horror feel so relevant to me as a woman.

I'm an actor, after all, and I need to be able to pay my rent.

Gender inequality is a global issue that affects everyone.

I feel middle-class, but my family had to start from scratch. There was no inheritance from a great-aunt. It feels like a slog.

I would always say I can sing, but I'm musical. I'm very good at following instructions, reading the music, and singing as it's written down, but there was a challenge when I had to improvise.

I definitely think things are changing... I thought I would never be cast on network TV in America and here I am, cast on network TV - and not skinny!

The taste of guava is my first memory. I remember somebody picking it from the tree and throwing it down to me.

So, I was a fan of 'Luther' from the first reading of the script and watching the first series. I think the actors in it are just brilliant, and I had never seen a black lead in the U.K. for so many years. That was quite a shocking moment for me.

In Nigeria, my grandma sold everything - everything - for my mum's education.

I don't think I've ever sought revenge, actually.

I would say my first big break would've been 'Moses Jones.' That was the first time I had a lead.

I feel like I have a very typical west African physique, and that is part of my blackness!

The day after Brexit I had a moment when someone said, 'Don't you want to go back to your own country?' I wasn't 100 per cent sure if he was thinking he was being kind? I was like, 'Um... this is my home, thank you.'

But there are times, as an actor, where you are like, 'Although I am really sad that I did not get this, I am really, really excited to watch it and just be a spectator.'