Daniel Kaluuya

Giggs is the realest.

— Daniel Kaluuya

'Sicario' was a lot of improvisation.

— Daniel Kaluuya

Some black women hug me and walk away. A lot of black men talk about dating white women and how they've been…

— Daniel Kaluuya

There's a lot of black men running around with crazy trauma scars, and they should be going to therapy. They should be…

— Daniel Kaluuya

Big up Samuel L. Jackson, because here's a guy who has broken down doors.

— Daniel Kaluuya

What's great about 'Skins' is that the characters are exactly like people around you.

— Daniel Kaluuya

Being young, working class, and black, everything you do is policed. If someone hits you and you hit back, you are aggressive.…

— Daniel Kaluuya

When you're a young black man, you're not allowed to be emotional. One of the reasons I act is people pay me…

— Daniel Kaluuya

A lot of time, people enter the most depressing situations, and they are the funniest people on Earth, because they have to…

— Daniel Kaluuya

What I find really exciting is stories from a different viewpoint.

— Daniel Kaluuya

I think diverse stories are just stories. I don't think 'diverse' is an add-on package. Things that are not diverse are weird…

— Daniel Kaluuya

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…

— Daniel Kaluuya

I resent that I have to prove that I'm black.

— Daniel Kaluuya

Writing can be really lonely, and I find that bit difficult. I'd rather be around my people, getting ideas.

— Daniel Kaluuya

I wrote my first play when I was nine. It was performed at Hampstead Theatre.

— Daniel Kaluuya

A lot of black men have problems being emotionally vulnerable because of the boundaries and parameters that have been put onto them…

— Daniel Kaluuya

Sometimes I'll work in America, sometimes I'll work in England. What's important is fulfilment. I just want to tell stories.

— Daniel Kaluuya

I go to music festivals, and people want to talk to me about racism. I'm like, 'Bro, I'm trying to have fun!'

— Daniel Kaluuya

If I was at school and one of my friends said something funny, I'd write it down in a notebook and take…

— Daniel Kaluuya

Loads of stuff that I've done has always had a hint of comedy. I did this show called 'Psychoville' that's a horror-comedy.…

— Daniel Kaluuya

I have to own the fact that I'm a black man - that's why I did 'Black Panther' and 'Widows' because if…

— Daniel Kaluuya

'Skins' was like our uni. I'm tight with everyone from 'Skins' because we had that special experience together.

— Daniel Kaluuya

I love comedy. I don't think there's enough comedy on stage.

— Daniel Kaluuya

I know what it means to be stopped by police. I've been stopped by police a lot.

— Daniel Kaluuya

Whenever I'm in a film that's from a perspective that is dominant within western culture... I'm always trying to prove myself. When…

— Daniel Kaluuya