Zawe Ashton Quotes

Zawe Ashton

Zawe Ashton

English Actress

Born: Jul 21, 1984

About Always Me People Think You

I'm someone who likes to explore the complexities in people. Zawe Ashton

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What a character wears and how it affects their mood and their movements has always been very important to me. A character's clothes, if they're truthful, can make audiences feel something. Zawe Ashton

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I didn't grow up with a lot of role models necessarily when I started out - there weren't many people who looked like me on TV. Not in England. Zawe Ashton

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If people call my book an actor's memoir I will be very upset. I can't bear anything too literal, so it has elements of truth and elements of fiction sitting side by side. Zawe Ashton

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I love writing with pen and paper; I hate technology. Zawe Ashton

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I do always try and do work that I'm going to be interested in talking about when it's released. Zawe Ashton

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I've always acted, it's my passion and belief system. Zawe Ashton

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The first film I ushered was Lynne Ramsay's 'Morvern Callar.' I started at 18. Best job in the world. Blockbusters, indie films, classic matinees. Zawe Ashton

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I wanted to quit acting and as soon as I decided that, the call for ‘Velvet Buzzsaw' came through. Zawe Ashton

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When I'm doing a play like 'Betrayal,' I have to be careful not to get stimulation overload. Zawe Ashton

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I know I'm different and I don't fit in to any kind of generic mould. Zawe Ashton

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Being yourself, or being judged as yourself, is really scary. Zawe Ashton

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I was very fortunate to have had three years on 'Fresh Meat,' before working on 'Not Safe for Work.' Comedy drama is a very hard genre to nail so I was very glad to have had some practice. Zawe Ashton

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If you cut me open I bleed East London. Zawe Ashton

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I'm a keen experimenter in the kitchen. With food, not with anything else! Zawe Ashton

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In the future, the idea would be to create work for myself, as a way to work up into my 80s if nothing else. But also, I want to cast my friends in things or people I saw who weren't working and I'd be like, 'Why aren't you working, I don't understand - I'll write you a role in something.' Zawe Ashton

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Dreams of a Life' and 'Fresh Meat' have left me on such a high. I'm not complaining but I'm not complacent either. Zawe Ashton

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Episodic TV is notoriously brutal because just when you think ‘I've got this, I know this character' you can pick up the script for series four and you die in the first episode - or your character suddenly transitions from a woman to a man. Zawe Ashton