Wunmi Mosaku

“My grandma was raised in Ghana, and she went back there to work, so she could earn money for my mum's education in Nigeria. It's where it all began, and that dedication to education is the only reason I'm here.”

“You know, I had never heard of the Tulsa Riots - and I think something like 42 percent of Americans hadn't - until 'Watchmen' on HBO. And that's just crazy. I really saw how history is manipulated.”

“I've been very much the kind of person who's very quiet about my own experiences.”

“I've always been quite scared about talking about race. You don't wanna rock the boat because you want to keep working.”

“I come from an educated family, but we were poor.”

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

“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'm healthy, but I'm not thin.”

“You get to a certain age and you start comparing and being uncomfortable in one's body. And then you get to a place where you start to love yourself, accept yourself, celebrate and honor yourself.”

“Christine Bottomley and Navin Chowdhry were really fun to work with.”

“Some people think that gender equality is the biggest issue on the table, and to me, that's a privilege to even think that that's the biggest issue, because I am subject to much more inequality.”