101 Quotes by Zawe Ashton

Patsy Ferran in Tennessee Williams' 'Summer and Smoke'-I thought that was just one of the most phenomenal performances I've seen from a young woman.

My real life memory of leaving Uni is an overwhelming excitement to be going home but also a weird numbness.

I don't think there's a part that I've played or something I've written or directed that hasn't smacked of 'The Wizard Of Oz.' It's the film all roads lead to for me.

I plan on having a long career. I don't want to burn out.

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

I do consider myself an artist.

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

I don't want to be 'de-ethnicised.' I hate it when people say, 'Oh I don't even think of you as a woman,' or, 'I don't even think of you as a black woman.' Well what do you think of me as then? A loaf of bread?

I always play outsiders. I think I'm carrying a lot of those characters and I wonder if I play them because those characters need an extra element of thought to bring them to life.