“I've always been really into exploring different ways to perform, and ...” — Naomi Ackie Quote

I've always been really into exploring different ways to perform, and 'Master of None' felt like a switch for me to give a really naturalistic performance.

I want to have the option of stepping outside of acting when I need to and do something else for a while.

Acting for me, now, is a formula thing. I've tuned into the part of myself that used to dismantle TV remote controls to see how they work. Now, I look at a film, a character arc, and I see the cogs meshing, I see the mechanics. It's not my job to feel emotion when acting. It's my job to ensure the audience does.

I really hope that's what my career ends up looking like, that every character is different from the last, and that I never get pigeonholed.

Stylistically, we're trying to push things in different ways, but it always comes out sounding like Tool no matter what we're trying to do.

Music turned to digital, and suddenly you had the possibility to make things louder than loudest, which boggles the mind but it's true, and what you have are all kinds of different ways of distorting your music.

You can get messages across in many different ways.

I'm one of those people you can tell 'no' a million different ways, and I'll spend the rest of my life trying to figure out some way to get you to say 'yes.' People have always underestimated me. I have great stamina, great tenacity.