Daniel Kaluuya

A lot of times, the people who have the confidence to say, 'I don't know what the rules are, so I'm just going to do what I want,' are the most exciting people.

I learned so much on 'Sicario' and working with that group of actors, where there was the audacity, the confidence, to do nothing.

Having something that makes money changes everything. I'm from England, and it's very much about credibility there. And yeah, it is about that. But the money can change things. And so you understand it's a business.

I listened to this book, 'The Beauty Myth,' about how beauty standards are messing with women in Western society, and I was like, 'I don't know this.' I have no idea, and I don't pretend to, but now I'm more aware of it because I've engaged on that frequency.

The beauty of any artwork is that it becomes the person that's watching it: What do you take out of it?

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 emotional.

I hope people listen to black people more. You'd be surprised how little people listen to black people when it comes to racial issues. It's weird.

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 a coping mechanism.

A Prophet' is one of my favorite films of all time.

The Fades' is its own world. If you try and link it to some religion, you have people going, 'Oh, that's not right,' with their Bible open. Let's just chuck some imagination at it.

I did a play, back in the day, called 'Sucker Punch,' and it meant so much for me. I was 21. And I went, 'I just want to do work like that.' Stuff I believe in. And when I have compromised, I've never really felt good about it.

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