Top 23 Quotes & Sayings by Percelle Ascott

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English actor Percelle Ascott.
Last updated on November 4, 2024.
Percelle Ascott

Percelle Ascott is a British-Zimbabwean actor and writer. He is known for his roles in the CBBC series Wizards vs Aliens (2012โ€“2014) and the Netflix series The Innocents (2018). As a trio, Ascott collaborated with Joivan Wade and Dee Kaate on the web comedy Mandem on the Wall (2011โ€“2013), the E4 series Youngers (2013โ€“2014), and the film The Weekend (2016).

It's a constant thing we do in life... I marry someone or have kids; these are the evolutions of life that we go on. There are constant shifts.
Ultimately, everyone's life is complex, and it's good to show that.
Any actor would love to just pick up a script and be like, 'I can connect to this person, and I can see myself playing him.' โ€” ยฉ Percelle Ascott
Any actor would love to just pick up a script and be like, 'I can connect to this person, and I can see myself playing him.'
I think, with any kind of Netflix show, it's quite nice at the end of - just even watching the end of Episode 1, you have that kind of moment to yourself where you're like, 'Okay, I need to see the next episode here.'
At the end of the day, I am not a heart surgeon - I am not saving lives - although emotionally, we have to take it there. Yes, there is tough subject matter in 'The Innocents,' but in-between takes, we were laughing and living in the moment. So when I come off set, I just get on with everyday life, like being a brother.
I think sometimes we box in love as a feeling. I like to think of love as an action. It's something that we do.
I was a big fan of sci-fi.
Love isn't just a feeling: it's an action.
Anything new that happens, we shift and we change and we grow.
There have been a lot of things where communities haven't been portrayed in a positive light, and even when we were doing 'Youngers' in Peckham, people were cautious about what we were filming.
I think I got my education as a young boy from things I saw on TV.
'Mandem On The Wall' is an online comedy series that I produce, write and act in along with three other people.
We all know we're conditioned from music and television, so for us, we take great privilege in being role models, and having an impressionable audience its important for us to make sure what we're doing is in line with them.
My love life isn't that exciting or interesting.
I'd like to shapeshift into any person, to understand a new perspective, and hope that that changes my perspective.
I just have an open mind - that's the way I live my life, just crossing the bridge when I come to it.
The main dream is to get 'Mandem On The Wall' its own TV show. That's the kind of platform that we're trying to reach.
The first thing I do with any script is read it and try to visualize if I can play the character - if I can feel what the character's feeling.
We shift in our everyday life; we evolve, depending on the circumstances.
I'm a massive fan of Carnaby Street. I love it there. Every time I have an audition, I like to have a cheeky wander through, do a little bit of a window shop, just to see what's happening. As well as the shops and the clothes, I like the vibe and energy.
Impressionable audiences should be seeing characters that are properly fleshed out. โ€” ยฉ Percelle Ascott
Impressionable audiences should be seeing characters that are properly fleshed out.
I quite like to, y'know, chill and catch a vibe where you can actually talk, as opposed to standing on the floor in the club.
I treat acting as my job. I say that, as I have found there is a beauty in separating yourself from the world and from acting.
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