Class Quote by Michaela Coel

“I wanted to write a show about an estate that wasn't sad or morbid, like a lot of shows portray working class life to be.”

Michaela Coel

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I think you just have to do you, whatever that is, and not feel like you have to be a certain way for other…

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There always seems to be an element of faith in my writing.

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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.…

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Inequality starts in the womb.

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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…

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Looking back, the way I see it, there was something slightly deluded about my belief - what that meant to me - but with…

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Don't sit there and complain. Rub your hands together and figure out what to do.

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I don't write with this thing in the back of my head about carrying the weight of young black women on my shoulders.

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I over-write!

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'Chewing Gum Dreams' should make you look twice at the girl shouting on the bus and not just cuss her off from your life.

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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…

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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.

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