I believe there are some great things that I’ve taken from the Bible in terms of loving the world and trying to be kind. There are a lot of good things to take from the Bible, and I like to think I try to apply them to my life. Michaela Coel Read Quote
I definitely believe in spirituality. I like to pray, but I’m not praying to something that I can define; I’m just speaking because I know it does have an effect. Michaela Coel Read Quote
I became a very passionate Christian when I was 17. I started writing and performing poetry at different venues across the U.K. I started performing from then, really. Michaela Coel Read Quote
I’ve always liked using humor, but what I had to with ‘Chewing Gum’ was take out a lot of darkness so it would be a bit more feel-good. Michaela Coel Read Quote
The acting world is tough. It’s competitive – and even more so for women – but actually, for black female actresses, the issue isn’t really that it’s competitive: it’s that there just aren’t enough roles for them in film and TV. Michaela Coel Read Quote
I feel angry with myself the way I handled the Bible and Christianity. A lot more people are more normal with Christianity. I was crazy… telling people you will go to hell. I lost all my friends because of my militant faith. Michaela Coel Read Quote
When I grew up, my race was not a thing. My identity was in my class. It was not about colour on my estate. Michaela Coel Read Quote
I don’t really go with the crowd. I’m the kind of person that if I heard some girls were bullying my friend in another school, I would go to that school by myself and try to have a fight with a hundred girls. Michaela Coel Read Quote
I want to make sure I’m climbing because there’s no back-up. No one in my family has a house, and, regardless of your background, if someone has a house, that means you can always come back home. When you don’t have that, it’s like there isn’t anywhere to stand, so you have to keep jumping. Michaela Coel Read Quote
One thing I am quite passionate about is the absence of dark-skinned women in the media, so I have a passion to show dark-skinned women as beautiful, as vulnerable, as people who can be sexually desired and loving people, because it is never really seen on TV. Michaela Coel Read Quote
