Big up Samuel L. Jackson, because here's a guy who has broken down doors. Daniel Kaluuya More Quotes by Daniel Kaluuya More Quotes From Daniel Kaluuya Improv is like writing. It's actually a different discipline to acting. It helps acting greatly, but it's completely different. It's the same side of your brain when you write as when you improv. Daniel Kaluuya disciplinebrainwriting A lot of black men have problems being emotionally vulnerable because of the boundaries and parameters that have been put onto them by society. Daniel Kaluuya blackproblemmen My experience growing up in London and growing up in a working class background, is that when people are down and out, that's when they're probably the funniest. They have to be. That's what they do to cope, to find joy, cause they don't feel the joy inside. Or they use humor to keep people out. Daniel Kaluuya growing-upclasspeople A lot of people have an opinion on scripts, but they aren't equipped to diagnose what the problems are. You realize that scriptwriting is such a specialist subject, but because it's so common, everyone thinks that they can talk about that. I think it's something that writers only know, that they can see. Daniel Kaluuya scriptspeoplethinking I don't think writing stops until the film is out. In the edit, it's another draft. [The script] is the food for set, and then the set is food for the edit, and the edit is food for the screen. It's constant, and this is just the first stage of it. Daniel Kaluuya scriptswritingthinking Racism is like a horror movie. Black kids die because of racism. I don't know what's more horrifying than that. Daniel Kaluuya dieknowblackracism Racism kills people. It kills people! Daniel Kaluuya racismpeople There's a lot of black men running around with crazy trauma scars, and they should be going to therapy. They should be sitting down and talking to people. But they can't. If you've got the armor of being a man, and the armor of being a black man, that hyper-masculine thing can make those scars deeper. Daniel Kaluuya youmanmenpeople Writing can be really lonely, and I find that bit difficult. I'd rather be around my people, getting ideas. Daniel Kaluuya difficultwritingpeopleideas The beauty of any artwork is that it becomes the person that's watching it: What do you take out of it? Daniel Kaluuya personwatchingyoubeauty What's great about 'Skins' is that the characters are exactly like people around you. Daniel Kaluuya greatlikeyoupeople If I was at school and one of my friends said something funny, I'd write it down in a notebook and take it to the writers meetings. I never told my friends about it. I just thought I could incorporate stuff that was true to life. Daniel Kaluuya friendslifefunnyschool When work ends, I'd rather just be seen as Daniel - normal. Daniel Kaluuya seenjustnormalwork I think the traditional stereotypes are loaded in institutional racism. Daniel Kaluuya i-thinkstereotypesthinkracism I go to music festivals, and people want to talk to me about racism. I'm like, 'Bro, I'm trying to have fun!' Daniel Kaluuya memusicracismpeople I feel very appreciative of my mum, my girl, my family, my friends. Daniel Kaluuya feelfriendsfamilygirl Everything men do is for women. Daniel Kaluuya everythingwomenmen Usually I do a job, and, like, two weeks later, it disappears and is replaced with something else, but 'Get Out' kept growing and growing and growing, and it keeps taking me to rooms I could never get in before. Daniel Kaluuya somethingneverjobme I learned so much on 'Sicario' and working with that group of actors, where there was the audacity, the confidence, to do nothing. Daniel Kaluuya nothingwheregroupconfidence Life ain't a drama. And life isn't just a comedy. Life is sometimes horrifying. Life is science-fiction. There are all elements and faculties that we navigate, so I just expect a script to reflect that. As long as it's truthful. I think genre-bending is just being honest. Daniel Kaluuya thinksometimeslifelong
