I remember my manager telling me, 'Be myself, be humble, keep rooted, keep God first'. Those words were very helpful.

I want to see more people of different backgrounds being cast in films. I want to see people from inner cities being discovered, because that's where you find some really brilliant artists.

It's amazing that people still feel, 'Oh my gosh, it's a black guy.' We've been here for a long time; let's get used to it. Let's get used to other cultures.

My dad is a minister, and my mum is a worker with the less fortunate and the disabled. They're Nigerian natives. Their first language is Yoruba, and their second language is English.

Let's get used to other cultures. Portray the world for what it is and you will find truth.

Portray the world for what it is, and you will find truth.

I'm a London fanatic. That's my city. I love being from there, you don't appreciate it until you go out.

Some people feel fulfillment from a bitter end - it gives them some sort of sense of reality. But, when you're dealing with reality, I feel like films should discover the part that is happy.

Not everybody has that mentality and that's fine, but once Robert Redford leaves this earth - later rather than sooner - his legacy will go on.

I like my women very green; you know, eco-friendly.

I love theatre. I think it's the home of most actors...most actors start with it. It's so enjoyable to do and to be able to see your audience. And the process of theatre is great.

The truly wide taste in reading is that which enables a man to find something for his needs on the sixpenny tray outside any secondhand bookshop.

Publish a book before you’re too old to read it without glasses.

Writing isn't only about a completed piece of work. It's about the writer you're becoming while writing.

The gnarled fidelity of an old habit.

Most sound people don't get the assignment to create worlds of sound and get freedom to try a lot of things and then get the scrutiny and support of the team over a long period of time.

At the foot of the cross, there are no racial barriers.

Grudges are a waste of perfect happiness. Laugh..apologiz e..let go of what you can't change.

I don't really care about money. I find money boring and accounting boring, so I'm probably not going to ever make a lot of money.

It is very difficult to know what may be in the back of the mind of public figures.

Television thrives on unreason, and unreason thrives on television. It strikes at the emotions rather than the intellect.