Noma Dumezweni

However popular you are, you still feel like an outsider.

— Noma Dumezweni

I remember, being young is a scary, wonderful feeling.

— Noma Dumezweni

To acknowledge the beginnings of people is a beautiful thing.

— Noma Dumezweni

I now realise I'm a great actor.

— Noma Dumezweni

The world shows us what we need at a specific moment in time.

— Noma Dumezweni

It's hard; this business of acting is hard.

— Noma Dumezweni

Stop worrying what other people think.~(:

— Noma Dumezweni

I am so lucky I get to work with amazing, amazing people.

— Noma Dumezweni

There are so many directors, young and old, around - all doing their thing and struggling.

— Noma Dumezweni

I arrived in this country as a refugee child with my sister and my mother.

— Noma Dumezweni

I've always been curious about the other worlds we can shift into in our imaginations.

— Noma Dumezweni

If I think even a week ahead, I get terrified. My big thing is trying to enjoy the moment as much as…

— Noma Dumezweni

At the very beginning, being a parent did impact how I go about this business.

— Noma Dumezweni

I have been that actor who's watched peers and thought, 'God, they're doing well. I'll never get there.'

— Noma Dumezweni

I'm working with theatre-makers who are the top of their game, and it's extraordinary.

— Noma Dumezweni

Family - it's all about family. Families feeling safe and finding your safe place.

— Noma Dumezweni

The weight of expectation is huge. But for me, that pressure has been outweighed by getting text messages from mums I know…

— Noma Dumezweni

In your 20s and 30s, everything is possible. But then, sooner than you think, men walk past you in the street and…

— Noma Dumezweni

Whoever we are, we have to carve something out of our lives. I would like to be on my deathbed going, 'I've…

— Noma Dumezweni

I am a black woman who has been given this character called Hermione to play on the stage. But actually, we've all…

— Noma Dumezweni

I am so passionate about representation because, growing up, I didn't see myself, and now people can say, 'I see myself there.'…

— Noma Dumezweni

The only question we should ask is, 'Are they good?' I've met great actors, black and white, and I've met bad actors,…

— Noma Dumezweni

I did fringe theatre for so many years, and then I got my first play at the RSC, which was an amazing…

— Noma Dumezweni

I am very blessed to have this experience of being a parent, but do not negate me from this industry because I…

— Noma Dumezweni

I don't do the victim mode. I don't do blame. I can't bear that.

— Noma Dumezweni

I tried twice to get into drama school and didn't, so I worked my way up through the fringe.

— Noma Dumezweni

My mum's a single mum, I'm a single mum, and you do find yourself rushing around just to make sure everything's all…

— Noma Dumezweni

For me, you could say my big West End debut was 'Cursed Child,' but I'm in my 40s, and it's like, 'When…

— Noma Dumezweni

I moved to London, and it's a cliche to say that London is a melting pot, but it's true - I didn't…

— Noma Dumezweni

I wasn't very academic at school, but the Wolsey Youth Theatre was the saving of me.

— Noma Dumezweni

We're storytellers - and if the story is told well, you go with the form.

— Noma Dumezweni

I'm a great company actor, a great supporting actor. I serve the piece.

— Noma Dumezweni