99 Quotes by Ncuti Gatwa

A lot of our sex education at school is so biological.

It is important that we continue to keep telling stories from new perspectives and have proper representation on our screens, because it is educational and empowering.

A couple of weeks before I started auditioning for 'Sex Education,' I was very convinced I was going to quit acting.

Make-up are the first people the actors go to on set every day - they see you at your most vulnerable. Then they paint the character on you, they're integral to that transformation. It's such an intimate art form that you develop a really close relationship with your make-up artist.

My mom put me in this extracurricular dance class when I was a kid. And so I think that just started the creative part of my brain. That's what activated that.

I think we've got a very two-dimensional view of what masculinity is, of what strength is, what a guy needs to do.

Face your front' is a saying in my parents' culture. 'Face your front, don't look left and don't look right.' Don't be comparing yourself to everybody else, yeah? Follow your own journey.

I'm most proud of my heritage; being able to shape people's perception of Rwanda or Rwandans.

You don't need to bow down to peer pressure or be comparing yourself.