99 Quotes by Rege-Jean Page

Being a Brit, you make a lot of period dramas.

I decided a very long time ago that I would refuse to be defined by trauma and would only be defined by success, when and where it comes.

We all know how to focus on trauma. This is the struggle. We have the opportunity to respect our journey and focus on joy.

I pretty much immediately ran away from university to be an actor.

And I think that figuring out how to open the doors in yourself that make you worthy of love and capable of giving love is that ongoing conversation that I was most interested in exploring.

'Roots' touches so many people and once you start realizing that, you realize that it has touched an immense amount of people in an immensely important way.

I don't think there is ever a wrong time to sit down and listen to your grandparents' stories.

I don't think that it's ever irrelevant to know where you came from, to know your history, and to improve upon your history.

As British people, we don't often face what our role in history is. We're only just beginning to do that. Storytellers have an incredibly important role in confronting that and continuing the conversation.