I've always been very talkative, very chatty, quite hyperactive. I grew up with a lot of cousins, and most of them were boys. Four in particular and I were the demolition squad. Havoc.

I grew up in an area of Ireland where there weren't many black or mixed-race children. But I never had any hassle; maybe I've blocked it out, but I don't think so.

People have always made assumptions about me. I become very territorial about my identity because it's been hijacked by so many people with their own projections.

I become very territorial about my identity because it's been hijacked by so many people with their own projections.

I love the Greeks. There's no messing around - it's all do or die with them.

When you label someone 'up and coming' or 'the new breakout,' there's this kind of expectation. And I think, like I said before, it's very hard to live up to that expectation when you really don't have that much power as an actor - in terms of your career path and the timing.