We're storytellers - and if the story is told well, you go with the form.

Noma Dumezweni

Categorized in : You Go Story Well

The weight of expectation is huge. But for me, that pressure has been outweighed by getting text messages from mums I know saying how huge it is for their mixed-race daughters that I am playing Hermione.

i-am saying me pressure

However popular you are, you still feel like an outsider.

outsider feel like you

I am so passionate about representation because, growing up, I didn't see myself, and now people can say, 'I see myself there.' We're all trying to find where we are.

i-am myself growing-up people

Whoever we are, we have to carve something out of our lives. I would like to be on my deathbed going, 'I've enjoyed that. I went through the rollercoaster of it, but I've appreciated it.'

something through like appreciated

If I think even a week ahead, I get terrified. My big thing is trying to enjoy the moment as much as I can.

think moment enjoy i-can