Malachi Kirby

My knowledge of my ancestry, like a lot of black people not living in Africa today, is very vague.

— Malachi Kirby

I wasn't raised Christian. I certainly had to seek Him out and find Him, and it's changed my life. I'm so glad…

— Malachi Kirby

You're always going to have typecasting, especially with TV.

— Malachi Kirby

'Roots' focuses on a particular group of people who defy the odds and win, eventually, even if it isn't in their lifetimes.…

— Malachi Kirby

Schoolkids - black and white - would call me Kunta Kinte as a cuss. If ever my hair was particularly messy, if…

— Malachi Kirby

Mum used to say that when I went out of the house, I represented her. I took that seriously. So I didn't…

— Malachi Kirby

I was acting before I had given my life to Christ. But the effect that God has had on my actual career…

— Malachi Kirby

When my dad passed, I felt like I had to grow up very quickly.

— Malachi Kirby

I haven't experienced a lot of prejudice in my life, but I'm not naive to what goes on in the world.

— Malachi Kirby

There was a period when I had apple pie as a treat every day of the week. I mean, like, a family…

— Malachi Kirby

I think about Shakespeare. Because there have been hundreds of variations of Shakespeare's plays since they've been written, and I believe it's…

— Malachi Kirby