I'm Very Aware Of How Much Movies,

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 Was Sometimes Called 'coconut' When I Was At School.

I Think The Notion That We Are Different Just Because Of Skin Color, And That We Should Be Kept Apart Or Kept From Interbreeding, Is Very Hurtful.

Don't Send Me Your Script If You Want Me To Play The Black Best Friend; I Just Won't Do That.

There Is Still A Fundamental Misunderstanding, When It Comes To Observing That When Someone Is Black And Someone Is White, Then That Difference Is Enough To Warrant The Idea That They Shouldn't Be Together. We Are So Much More Alike In Nature Than We Are Different, And My Ambition With The Roles I Choose To Do Is To Break Down That Prejudice, By Showing How Much I - As A Man - Am Just A Man.