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I grew up on an estate in Peckham.
I don't have friends, to be honest.
My heart truly lies in good scripts.
I'm not a fan of social media, to be honest.
Using a gun is a coward's way to hurt someone.
I'm not a comedy guy. I don't do comedy shows.
My stepfather's nickname for me was Squarehead.
I'd love to have a farm and some space for my kids.
I gave up acting while I just pursued my music career.
To be honest, there is going to be no 'Top Boy America.'
As an actor you pull your socks up and look for the next job.
Growing up without a father has made fatherhood harder for me.
After one brandy, I'm already slurring. I'm quite a lightweight.
My whole journey has been televised: the negative and the positive.
You're not gonna see me in 'Downton Abbey,' but culture is changing.
When it comes to friends, as in people to relax with, that's my wife and my kids.
I hoard and buy loads of the same things over and over - DVDs, clothes, trainers.
I wanted to show that I could take on roles that were a bit softer and more caring.
Acting is something I feel good about doing, I'm lucky enough to love my job as well.
So Solid was more to me about the camaraderie, the unit between me and the other boys.
It's down to schools to educate children about their history, especially black history.
Drake revived 'Top Boy,' if I'm honest with you. You've got to give him a lot of credit.
I don't want to force anyone to give me a job. I want to be the right person for the part.
The only TV show that I've been in that my uncle gives me recognition for is 'Doctor Who.'
My mum put me into the Sylvia Young Theatre School aged four, and I'd go there at weekends.
I go away to places in Europe or America and I feel uncomfortable; I can't wait to get home.
When I was released from prison, I didn't want to leave my house for the first three months.
I am not about airs and graces, fancy cars or jewellery. I am just about my family and my kids.
My mother was - and is - a very strong woman; very strict. She was a serious mum; a feared parent.
Music for me, it's pretty annoying, because I've never had a successful solo career and it bugs me.
When I was young I wanted to be a bus driver, because my grandad was a conductor on the Routemasters.
When I was in So Solid Crew, people were always asking if we were associated with the rise in gun crime.
The main thing I learned in jail was how much I love my kids, that I never want to be away from them again.
There was a danger when I was in So Solid and we made '21 Seconds.' But we're just showing a slice of life.
I sit down on my sofa and I turn on 'Judge Judy.' That's my guilty pleasure. I could do a whole day of that.
Top Boy' isn't the type of programme that is trying to be righteous and have a happy ending, it is just real.
I used to eat under my grandmother's dining room table. I wouldn't eat at the table ever until I was about 10.
There's always that romantic Hollywood element to it. But people appreciate 'Top Boy' because it is what it is.
Drake and his camp are people of their word. I've never seen them say they're going to do something and not do it.
I remember at a very early age ringing up record labels I found in the Yellow Pages, and asking them for a record deal.
You know, I have got quite a husky, gritty voice which people say - even when I'm talking nicely - does sound a bit rough.
Selling out is a myth. Bill Gates isn't selling out, is he? Richard Branson isn't selling out. Why can't black people make money?
I was angry when I was young, but I was never really that violent. I hardly ever fought, mainly because I wasn't very good at it.
You think being a man is being strong, being hard, knowing how to defend yourself. But being a man is about learning how to walk away.
I'm inspired by the fact that for every kid we see committed to crime, there's kids determined to go to uni and not follow their peers.
I don't want to say I'm a role model because I've not been the most clean-cut person, and there were times I could have gone the other way.
I think it's difficult for people to understand that when you come from an impoverished background you're very limited in the way you think.
Top Boy' didn't try to glamorise anything. It gave it to you how it was. But it also dealt with mental health, social situations, immigration.
I have been saying to my agent and my wife for many, many months that I am going to be James Bond one day. I hope I'm not too 'street' for it.
I didn't actually rob anyone but once I was kidnapped by two older boys for half a day and they were trying to get me to steal or mug someone.