At college, I became friends with this girl who was a 'cool Christian.' They did street dance, then they prayed. It became… — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
Now I'm steeped in this world, I keep thinking going to the theatre every week is normal, but there's a whole world… — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
'Chewing Gum' is kind of like the world I wish I grew up in. There wasn't really a sense of community growing… — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
The acting world is tough. It's competitive - and even more so for women - but actually, for black female actresses, the… — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
Where I grew up, in Aldgate, east London, one of the poorest boroughs in the country, I saw lots that was real… — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
We live in a world where if you're white, an upper-class male of extreme privilege, and able-bodied, and you're nothing that takes… — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
Socialisation is not optional. It's an inescapable contract, and our birth into the world is our signature of agreement. Norms and ideologies… — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
I see my shows like Gandhi, and I've got little baby Gandhis, and they are changing the world. I know that I'm… — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
'Chewing Gum' is a sitcom set on an estate in east London. Its central character is a girl from a Pentecostal background… — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
I definitely believe in spirituality. I like to pray, but I'm not praying to something that I can define; I'm just speaking… — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
It strikes me as odd that we've made journeys with our social conditioning in certain areas, but not in others. The world… — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
I believe there are some great things that I've taken from the Bible in terms of loving the world and trying to… — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
There's a massive community in church. You have a real home. You can move to different parts of the world and you'll… — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
I think you just have to do you, whatever that is, and not feel like you have to be a certain way for other… — Michaela Coel Copy Share
My sets are not peaceful. It's a beautiful catastrophe. I am running around like a headless chicken. I don't sleep because I am writing.… — Michaela Coel Copy Share
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… — Michaela Coel Copy Share
Looking back, the way I see it, there was something slightly deluded about my belief - what that meant to me - but with… — Michaela Coel Copy Share
Don't sit there and complain. Rub your hands together and figure out what to do. — Michaela Coel Copy Share
I don't write with this thing in the back of my head about carrying the weight of young black women on my shoulders. — Michaela Coel Copy Share
'Chewing Gum Dreams' should make you look twice at the girl shouting on the bus and not just cuss her off from your life. — Michaela Coel Copy Share
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… — Michaela Coel Copy Share
To see people laughing or crying or listening, then being inspired to do their own thing? I can't think of anything better than that. — Michaela Coel Copy Share
Now I'm steeped in this world, I keep thinking going to the theatre every week is normal, but there's a whole world of people… — Michaela Coel Copy Share
What dominates my life isn't the fact that I started off doing theatre. It's probably to do with Christianity, my race, the class I… — Michaela Coel Copy Share
There's a massive community in church. You have a real home. You can move to different parts of the world and you'll always find… — Michaela Coel Copy Share
