Daniel Kaluuya Quotes
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When I need a reality check, I call my mum.
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I'm dark-skinned. When I'm around black people, I'm made to feel 'other' because I'm dark-skinned. I've had to wrestle with that, with people going, 'You're too black.' Then I come to America, and they say, 'You're not black enough.'
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What's great about 'Skins' is that the characters are exactly like people around you.
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Racism isn't just in America... Alienation is felt worldwide in different capacities.
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I just like playing guys, normal dudes. That's the stuff that I really enjoy watching: when it feels grounded.
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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.
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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.
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'Sicario' was a lot of improvisation.
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This industry's hard. The world is hard. Being young and black is tough.
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I think diverse stories are just stories. I don't think 'diverse' is an add-on package. Things that are not diverse are weird because that's not accurate.
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I didn't take writing seriously at first - I didn't think I could do it. When I did, I fell in love with it. But writing is very lonely.
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I don't think you become a name with just one job.
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'Skins' was like our uni. I'm tight with everyone from 'Skins' because we had that special experience together.
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I go to music festivals, and people want to talk to me about racism. I'm like, 'Bro, I'm trying to have fun!'
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I feel like racism's more pronounced in America.
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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.
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Even people who say that black people are minorities, there are a billion black people in the world. A billion white people. What part of that is a minority? If you separate yourself, then maybe. But I see black people as one man. When I see people beaten on the streets of America, that hurts me. I feel that.
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Racism kills people. It kills people!
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In the real world, there's probably nothing more horrifying than racism. Living racism is a horrifying experience. And then, having to normalize it and internalize it.
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I have to own the fact that I'm a black man - that's why I did 'Black Panther' and 'Widows' because if I play the industry game, I lose.
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Really, I have no idea how I'm perceived in the industry.
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I wrote my first play when I was nine. It was performed at Hampstead Theatre.
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I am definitely not a household face, and I don't expect to be one.
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Racism is like a horror movie. Black kids die because of racism. I don't know what's more horrifying than that.