I don't like going for more than a year without doing theatre. I don't mind falling flat on my face so long as I feel I'm open to the possibility of something extraordinary happening.
More Quotes by Sophie Okonedo
I like gardening.
I love the industry I'm in, and it's been really generous to me.
Theatre has always been ahead in terms of colourblind casting.
When I do things that aren't very good, I'm worse as an actor. I don't know what I pick up - but it's something not very nice.
As a black actress, all I was offered in British film was the best friend role, whereas in TV I was offered a whole spectrum of parts.
I'm drawn to stories about ordinary people who get tangled up in an extraordinary event or idea or emotion. I'm not saying I don't love films about super-people or super-doctors, but my preference is for stories about how we get through this life, what it is to be human, because I'm always struggling with it myself.