Top 98 Quotes & Sayings by Ncuti Gatwa - Page 2

I've always been a bit scared to say that I'm Scottish because it's almost as if people wouldn't believe me or people wouldn't buy that from me, or people wouldn't accept it. And so now I think nobody has got the right to tell you what you are. You just are who you are.

I was into 'Skins,' 'Shameless' - I was really into 'Shameless' for a bit.

High school, as much as it's 'not the real world,' is the real world for your child.

My career had been going pretty well until I took a job touring America. When I returned, it took time to remind people I was back in town and available. For four months - actually a short time for an actor to be out of work - I couldn't book any jobs.

Buying my pain aux raisins and someone wanting a selfie was so confusing.

Face your front' is a saying in my parents' culture. 'Face your front, don't look left and don't look right.' Don't be comparing yourself to everybody else, yeah? Follow your own journey.

When I moved to Dunfermline, it was the first time I realised how different I looked to everyone else who grew up around me. That is where I learned about ignorance and hate. I think, for them, they had probably never seen a black person in their life.

The strangest place I have been recognised is a urinal. I was like: 'Why are you talking to me now?' That is the weirdest thing, but the most uncomfortable is when you are on the street and someone just grabs you.

I wish that I had seen myself more reflected on TV when I was growing up, and I think a lot of people feel that way.

It is important that we continue to keep telling stories from new perspectives and have proper representation on our screens, because it is educational and empowering.

For any parent, all they want is for their child to be safe and cared for.

A couple of weeks before I started auditioning for 'Sex Education,' I was very convinced I was going to quit acting.

I think I have got quite a posh Scottish accent. It's funny because I grew up in Oxgangs and Fife.

If I can encourage people to stand up and take space and make noise, then I'm very happy to do so.

Whatever journey you're on is fine. Take the pressure off yourself.

I love Ghanaian food.

I'm liking coming to nice hotels, getting nice clothes sent to me - I got a pair of free boots the other day! It definitely makes a change from getting the 243 bus from Tottenham.

Yeah, we were refugees coming to the U.K. and I definitely now view myself as a Rwandan Scotsman.

I thought I was the only black Scottish person in the world.

There's not many people that look like me in Scotland.

What your child wants and what you know is right for them can be very conflicting at times.

As an actor you have good spells and bad spells.

You don't need to bow down to peer pressure or be comparing yourself.

I think we've got a very two-dimensional view of what masculinity is, of what strength is, what a guy needs to do.

Unfortunately, when you're a parent and you completely love your child, it can make you act a bit crazy.

I loved Hackney because they embraced me really, like with open arms.

I definitely felt growing up that I wasn't seen as the same as anyone around me because no one around me looked like me. There were no black Scottish role models.

It was so normal for me to have racial abuse spat at me and then when I moved to Dunfermline, there were a group of boys who made up a racist social media page geared at me.

The gym I used to train at is heavy-duty - it's a tough man's gym in Tottenham.

Nobody should be getting silenced.

I think the first step towards exploring the unexplored side of the LGBTQ community is to show them on screen, to create a visibility.

Once people you haven't met and don't even know you hate you, that's how you know you've made it.

Growing up I thought I might be the only black person in the world.

I was so skint when I moved down to London and I never had money, ever.

Nobody's going to erase mine or anyone's existence.

I grew up with a single mum, an immigrant mum who couldn't speak the language, no money, three kids on her back, coming from Rwanda, and she's done a sterling job with all three of us.

Resilience has always been something I've seen and admired.

Representation goes a long, long, long way.