My experience growing up in London and growing up in a working class background is that when people are down and out, that's when they're probably the funniest. They have to be. That's what they do to cope, to find… — Daniel Kaluuya Copy Share Image
Some black women hug me and walk away. A lot of black men talk about dating white women and how they've been there, too.… — Daniel Kaluuya Copy Share Image
There's a lot of black men running around with crazy trauma scars, and they should be going to therapy. They should be sitting down… — Daniel Kaluuya Copy Share Image
Big up Samuel L. Jackson, because here's a guy who has broken down doors. — Daniel Kaluuya Copy Share Image
What's great about 'Skins' is that the characters are exactly like people around you. — Daniel Kaluuya Copy Share Image
Being young, working class, and black, everything you do is policed. If someone hits you and you hit back, you are aggressive. If you… — Daniel Kaluuya Copy Share Image
When you're a young black man, you're not allowed to be emotional. One of the reasons I act is people pay me to be… — Daniel Kaluuya Copy Share Image
A lot of time, people enter the most depressing situations, and they are the funniest people on Earth, because they have to be. It's… — Daniel Kaluuya Copy Share Image
I think diverse stories are just stories. I don't think 'diverse' is an add-on package. Things that are not diverse are weird because that's… — Daniel Kaluuya Copy Share Image
I've been to so many parties in England and in America that's exactly like that, where you're kind of, like, seen as Other. When… — Daniel Kaluuya Copy Share Image
Writing can be really lonely, and I find that bit difficult. I'd rather be around my people, getting ideas. — Daniel Kaluuya Copy Share Image
I wrote my first play when I was nine. It was performed at Hampstead Theatre. — Daniel Kaluuya Copy Share Image
