48 Ashley Walters Quotes for You to Enjoy

Ashley Walters

British Musician

Born: Jun 30, 1982

About Day Love Me People You

I never wanted my kids to have the experience of not knowing me or where they came from. I never want them to wonder, 'Did he love me?' I want to be there at the pivotal moments, for them to know how proud I am of who they are becoming. Ashley Walters

Love Me Love Me Experience I Am Not Knowing Kids Never He Know Knowing Becoming Proud How Am Came Wonder Did Where Want Wanted Pivotal Them Who Moments

My dad had a real big reputation as being the hard man, street fighter, the gangster. My stepdad was quite timid, and I wanted a bit of the gangster in my life. Ashley Walters

Life Man My Life Big Reputation Fighter Bit Had Real Timid Quite Being Wanted Hard Gangster Dad Street

I used to eat under my grandmother's dining room table. I wouldn't eat at the table ever until I was about 10. Ashley Walters

Dining Dining Room Table Eat About Until Room Grandmother Used Ever

This game is full of rejection. As an actor, you are being told 'No' an awful lot of the time. You have to keep getting up and carrying on to get to where you want to go. Ashley Walters

Time You Game Rejection Carrying Go Lot Up Get Getting Being Where Want Full Keep Actor Awful Awful Lot

So Solid was more to me about the camaraderie, the unit between me and the other boys. Ashley Walters

Me Other Solid About More Between Boy Camaraderie Unit

I'm not a fan of social media, to be honest. Ashley Walters

Social Media To Be Honest Fan Social Media Honest

My mum put me into the Sylvia Young Theatre School aged four, and I'd go there at weekends. Ashley Walters

Me Theatre School Young Weekends Put Go Aged Mum Four

My stepfather's nickname for me was Squarehead. Ashley Walters

Me Stepfather Nickname

There was a long period where every time someone was shot or stabbed the BBC would call me. I started to think, 'I'm an actor and a musician, I don't want to be a politician or a spokesperson.' Ashley Walters

After one brandy, I'm already slurring. I'm quite a lightweight. Ashley Walters

Lightweight Brandy Quite After

When I was young I wanted to be a bus driver, because my grandad was a conductor on the Routemasters. Ashley Walters

Young Driver Because Conductor Wanted Bus Bus Driver

I'd love to have a farm and some space for my kids. Ashley Walters

Love Space Farm Kids Some

It was tough: I had to kiss a man, and I got a mixed reaction from the black community. But I have to be ready to play any role, or I can't call myself an actor. Ashley Walters

Myself Man Black Kiss Tough Community Black Community Had Reaction Call Ready Got Mixed Role Any Actor Play

I'm a father eight and I'm married as well - in real life. Ashley Walters

Life Father Real Life Married Well Real Eight

As an actor you pull your socks up and look for the next job. Ashley Walters

You Job Look Up Next Your Actor Socks Pull

My mum was well-travelled, well-educated and made me understand from books, from my imagination and from just taking me away on holiday once a year, wherever she could, that the world was bigger than Peckham. Ashley Walters