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Daniel Kaluuya

English Actor

Born: Feb 24, 1989

Because Black Me People Think You

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There's a lot of black men running around with crazy trauma scars, and they should be going to therapy. They should be sitting down and talking to people. But they can't. If you've got the armor of being a man, and the armor of being a black man, that hyper-masculine thing can make those scars deeper. Daniel Kaluuya

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Everything men do is for women. Daniel Kaluuya

Women Men Everything

What's great about 'Skins' is that the characters are exactly like people around you. Daniel Kaluuya

Great You People Characters Exactly About Like Around Skins

If I was at school and one of my friends said something funny, I'd write it down in a notebook and take it to the writers meetings. I never told my friends about it. I just thought I could incorporate stuff that was true to life. Daniel Kaluuya

When work ends, I'd rather just be seen as Daniel - normal. Daniel Kaluuya

Work Seen Just Be Daniel Rather Normal Just Ends

I feel very appreciative of my mum, my girl, my family, my friends. Daniel Kaluuya

Family Girl Appreciative Feel Friends Very Mum

Usually I do a job, and, like, two weeks later, it disappears and is replaced with something else, but 'Get Out' kept growing and growing and growing, and it keeps taking me to rooms I could never get in before. Daniel Kaluuya

I learned so much on 'Sicario' and working with that group of actors, where there was the audacity, the confidence, to do nothing. Daniel Kaluuya

Confidence Nothing Group Learned Audacity Where Much Working Actor

Life ain't a drama. And life isn't just a comedy. Life is sometimes horrifying. Life is science-fiction. There are all elements and faculties that we navigate, so I just expect a script to reflect that. As long as it's truthful. I think genre-bending is just being honest. Daniel Kaluuya

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Giggs is the realest. Daniel Kaluuya

All I'm doing is being in films that I would watch if I wasn't in this industry. Daniel Kaluuya

Films Would Industry Doing Being Watch

I resent that I have to prove that I'm black. Daniel Kaluuya

Black Prove Resent

People are decisions and actions. Daniel Kaluuya

People Decisions Actions

I know what it means to be stopped by police. I've been stopped by police a lot. Daniel Kaluuya

Police Know Been Lot Stopped Means

I am definitely not a household face, and I don't expect to be one. Daniel Kaluuya

Face Definitely Household Am Expect

I just want to tell black stories. Daniel Kaluuya

Black Tell Just Want Stories

My experience growing up in London and growing up in a working class background is that when people are down and out, that's when they're probably the funniest. They have to be. That's what they do to cope, to find joy, 'cause they don't feel the joy inside. Or they use humor to keep people out. Daniel Kaluuya

'A Prophet' is one of my favorite films of all time. Daniel Kaluuya

Time Films Favorite Favorite Films All-Time Prophet

Some black women hug me and walk away. A lot of black men talk about dating white women and how they've been there, too. People open up about their racial experiences. I feel like I'm a walking therapy session. It's quite intense. But it means a lot to people. Daniel Kaluuya

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'Sucker Punch' was so demanding, it scared me a bit. Daniel Kaluuya

Me Demanding Punch Bit Scared Sucker

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