“Acting is an opportunity for me to try to explore and examine and expo...” — Bokeem Woodbine Quote

“Acting is an opportunity for me to try to explore and examine and expose humanity's weaknesses that are intrinsic to our nature as humans and learn from them; thereby, it's like a sociological expose.”

“Right around 2004 when 'Ray' came out, I made a conscious decision to be more discerning because I thought to myself, 'After something like this, I really have to try to be strong enough to turn stuff down.'”

“I was cocky and arrogant when I was younger. I thought that if I delivered a good performance, and put my best foot forward, that would be enough to get people's attention. So in my naivety, I cut my legs off at the knees, because I didn't realize that oftentimes it doesn't matter about the performance... it's the media that creates stars.”

“As a programme-maker you've got a responsibility to examine your choices and how they play in the wider world.”

“We don't know how many planets we're going to have to examine before we find life, and not finding it on 10 or 100 doesn't mean it's not there. This may be very tricky.”

“I'd love to do another television series. I really love the writing process, and as an actor I really like how much you get to examine in television.”