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" It strikes me as odd that we've made journeys with our social conditioning in certain areas, but not in others. The world is always changing; discoveries in technology and science relentlessly expose our dearest values as fictions. "

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" In drama school, they do these big shows and period dramas, and I felt that none of those shows were representing me as a person, and I knew I wouldn't be cast in any of those when I left school. I decided to write my own one-woman show, and that was called 'Chewing Gum Dreams.' "

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" To suggest things may be going on in our brains that we aren't fully conscious of, that we unknowingly make classist, sexist and racist presumptions... Well, there just aren't many comfortable ways to take that. And in the face of discomfort comes the mask of defence. "

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" Comedy in the past hasn't spoken to women because it wasn't written by women, and male writers don't make women three-dimensional characters. Too often, women just facilitate the man's comedy: they're not crazy; they're not funny. But women are as vulgar as they are elegant, as stinky as they are smelling of eau de parfum. "

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" I was very unhappy at one point and dealt with my unhappiness by hitting people. "

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" I want to make sure I'm climbing because there's no back-up. No one in my family has a house, and, regardless of your background, if someone has a house, that means you can always come back home. When you don't have that, it's like there isn't anywhere to stand, so you have to keep jumping. "

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" If there's anyone out there that looks a bit like me, or just feels a little bit out of place just trying to get into performing, you are beautiful; embrace it. You are intelligent; embrace it. You are powerful; embrace it. "

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" So many of my memories revolve around TV. "

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" Growing up on our estate, we were all different colours, but we were all really poor. I never really realised that black was a problem for some people. "

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" Being fetishized because of my skin? I've definitely encountered that wall of people. "

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" I see my shows like Gandhi, and I've got little baby Gandhis, and they are changing the world. I know that I'm a bit delusional about that, but I do think of them like Gandhi. They are not celebrities: they are like Gandhi and Mother Teresa. "

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" I love listening to audiobooks - I always lose my glasses, but if I have an audiobook, I don't need them. "

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" I do like making people feel uncomfortable - it's separating the wheat from the chaff. "

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" Drama school taught me not to be precious. "

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" The environment on the 'Chewing Gum' set is where everyone can work to the best of their abilities and everyone is happy. So, if I'm not happy with something, I've learnt that you don't start flailing about; you go in quietly, and there's a conversation. "

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" The acting world is tough. It's competitive - and even more so for women - but actually, for black female actresses, the issue isn't really that it's competitive: it's that there just aren't enough roles for them in film and TV. "

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" I have to go to sleep with music. "

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" We live in this era where we really enjoy being offended, although only on the Internet. I don't know how beneficial it is. I wonder if we live in an age where we don't have power, yet somehow feel we have virtual power. But I feel like it's a distraction from real life. "

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" Twitter is just full of silly little people enjoying being sarcastic and rude and mocking. "

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" When I was 18, I suddenly became very, very religious. I became an evangelical Christian; I was celibate for five years. "

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" I don't know what it would have been like to grow up with a man in the house. "

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" My generation of black British people often feels part American because of what we learned from TV. "

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" Socialisation is not optional. It's an inescapable contract, and our birth into the world is our signature of agreement. Norms and ideologies vary from society to society, and most of them weren't formed during our lifetimes but were handed down from one generation to the next. "

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" There always seems to be an element of faith in my writing. "

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" I didn't know I was going to write for TV until I was suddenly writing for TV, so that kind of stuff can bewilder you. "

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" I definitely believe in spirituality. I like to pray, but I'm not praying to something that I can define; I'm just speaking because I know it does have an effect. "

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" I don't really go with the crowd. I'm the kind of person that if I heard some girls were bullying my friend in another school, I would go to that school by myself and try to have a fight with a hundred girls. "

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" I think you just have to do you, whatever that is, and not feel like you have to be a certain way for other people to like you. "

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" I love Jeremy Corbyn, definitely. "

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" I went to drama school, where you learn to clown around a bit. You're walking around in leotards every day for three years, and you're taught clowning and mask work. "

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" Where I grew up, in Aldgate, east London, one of the poorest boroughs in the country, I saw lots that was real - the bankers with their briefcases, the man next door with five wives, the illegal immigrants in Flat 5. I'm from a world you rarely see on screen, and I want to show it off. "

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