“The chasm between independent film and commercial film is now so wide....” — Zawe Ashton Quote

“The chasm between independent film and commercial film is now so wide. You either have to be super-famous and get a first-time director or writer's indie script off the ground, or you're a newcomer and go and put a cape on for four years.”

“I'm not really sure what defines 'success in the real world' to be honest! It's so objective once you graduate, some people work, some people start families, some go looking for themselves up mountains in Peru.”

“I've had times in the past where I wanted to give up acting, get my head out of the arts because it was like my constitution couldn't deal with it. My job means I get judged on my looks; I get discriminated against because of my sex; I take on roles that are so two-dimensional... you can go mad trying to fill that third dimension.”

“I'm with expanding in my culture, from the Dominican Republic all the way to Cape Verde. Please believe that.”

“I wanted to be a writer. I wanted experiences from Cape Town to right up in northern Mozambique.”

“In 'Cape Fear' I had some good funny lines.”