In comedy, I often see so many weird race jokes, and it's like, there is no racial diversity in your show to even make those race jokes. The problem is that there is no one in the back to say,… — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
When I grew up, my race was not a thing. My identity was in my class. It was not about colour on my estate. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Don't sit there and complain. Rub your hands together and figure out what to do. — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
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 Image
'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 Image
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 Image
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 Image