71 Quotes by Wunmi Mosaku

In Nigeria, my grandma sold everything - everything - for my mum's education.

When you get to a place where a person is so angry that they can do anything - it's a dark dark place.

My grandma was raised in Ghana, and she went back there to work, so she could earn money for my mum's education in Nigeria. It's where it all began, and that dedication to education is the only reason I'm here.

I think the saddest thing is how people take on guilt and blame that isn't theirs or doesn't belong to them, and how hard it is to forgive yourself.

I am the product of two very strong women, my mum and my grandma, who prioritized education.

I've been woken up by things like the MeToo movement. I didn't realize how much of the patriarchy was ingrained within my spirit.

I grew up on an estate in Manchester and people I've known from school have died in gang trouble and I always thought, if I'd been on a different estate at a different time, it could have been me.

The problem isn't being a woman, and the problem isn't being Black; the problem is the people out there making it difficult for us - the patriarchy, the racism.

Truly, you always do your best in an audition. Even if it's terrible, you've done your best in the moment.