Quotes by Ashley Walters - Page 2

With So Solid, we had overnight success and I bought stupid stuff with my money, I bought a 35k car while I was still living in a council flat.
Ashley Walters / Rapper
Council
Overnight Success
Solid
Overnight
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I heard stories about my dad. I wondered why he never protected me. I loved the man and I have still not got over the fact he wasn't there for me.
Ashley Walters / Rapper
Dad
Heard
Protected
Stories
Man Me Never
Dad Man Me
Loved
Wondered
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I grew up part of the MTV generation. I saw Biggie Smalls and Jay-Z on TV and I thought: 'Wow, look at these powerful black people.' I wanted that.
Ashley Walters / Rapper
Biggie
Mtv
Look People Black
Look Black People
Jay-Z
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I went to a branch of the City of Westminster College in Maida Vale to do drama, sociology and English literature. I stayed for three or four months.
Ashley Walters / Rapper
English Literature
Sociology
Westminster
Branch
Stayed
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Politics isn't about helping people, it's about maintaining whatever people have got, whatever it takes to maintain their position at the expense of us.
Ashley Walters / Rapper
Maintaining
Expense
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My son broke his arm. I couldn't do anything, couldn't be there. That's when I knew I was a bad parent. I was doing the same thing my dad had done to me.
Ashley Walters / Rapper
Broke
Dad Done Me
Arm
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Rather than enjoying my success I was stressing about it. Wanting it, but at the same time I couldn't handle the consequences. I was intimidated by people.
Ashley Walters / Rapper
Handle
Intimidated
Enjoying
Stressing
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My dad had a real big reputation as being the hard man, street fighter, the gangster. My stepdad was quite timid, and I wanted a bit of the gangster in my life.
Ashley Walters / Rapper
Fighter
Reputation
Life Dad Man
Gangster
Timid
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It was tough: I had to kiss a man, and I got a mixed reaction from the black community. But I have to be ready to play any role, or I can't call myself an actor.
Ashley Walters / Rapper
Black Community
Community
Ready
Tough
Mixed
Reaction
Role
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It's important for people to listen and take time to watch what's going on in these shows, especially the ones like 'Top Boy' that are painting an accurate picture.
Ashley Walters / Rapper
Accurate
Time Important People
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I have grown up being a father. When my first son was born I was 17. I was a child bringing up a child. I was not capable of understanding what a dad was meant to be.
Ashley Walters / Rapper
Meant To Be
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This game is full of rejection. As an actor, you are being told 'No' an awful lot of the time. You have to keep getting up and carrying on to get to where you want to go.
Ashley Walters / Rapper
Rejection
Awful Lot
Carrying
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My dad spent most of my childhood behind bars. He went to jail 17 or 18 times. It was only when he was diagnosed with cancer in 2004 that we started to have a relationship.
Ashley Walters / Rapper
Bars
Jail
Diagnosed
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Whatever I want, the next car or the next house, I stick a picture of it to the back of my door, so I can look at it first thing in the morning and dream it into existence.
Ashley Walters / Rapper
Dream It
First Thing
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Once you've been at the top, you're always gonna know what it's like to be at the top. If you've never been at the top, you're not worrying about what it feels like being there.
Ashley Walters / Rapper
Being There
Feels
Always Never Know
Worrying
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Drake is involved heavily, and they're kind of working away to find the right home for 'Top Boy,' whether that be Netflix, whether it be on TV, whether it be Amazon, I don't know.
Ashley Walters / Rapper
Drake
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As a rapper, you're taught and you practice being hard all the time. You're not crying on your tracks, you don't sound like Neyo singing an R&B song about what you've lost or whatever.
Ashley Walters / Rapper
Crying
Tracks
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The strength of 'Small Island' is the fact that it deals with heavy issues in a way that is appealing to watch, and it's a story that people can relate to no matter what colour you are.
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Colour
Deals
Appealing
Island
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Some days it seems I've done as much as I can here and I think I'll go and try my luck in America. But then a call comes from the Globe theatre. They want me for King Lear, playing Edmund.
Ashley Walters / Rapper
Lear
Luck
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There was a long period where every time someone was shot or stabbed the BBC would call me. I started to think, 'I'm an actor and a musician, I don't want to be a politician or a spokesperson.'
Ashley Walters / Rapper
Time Me Long
Time Where Me
Bbc
Long Period
Spokesperson
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It would be beautiful to be able to walk up and down Peckham still, because I love it; it's where I grew up. But it just doesn't work. There are a lot of people who love you but there's jealousy too.
Ashley Walters / Rapper
Jealousy
Love You
Up And Down
Love Work Beautiful
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A lot of black actors will sit there and go, 'Every role is about being a gangster' - then they get an opportunity to write a script and they write about a gangster. You know... write about a superhero.
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Superhero
Gangster
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I had an inkling that I was going to prison before I actually did, because I'd witnessed my father and my elders going through it. It seemed like that's the way that you got respect, which is a sad thing.
Ashley Walters / Rapper
Sad
Elders
Prison
Sad Thing
Seemed
Witnessed
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My mum was well-travelled, well-educated and made me understand from books, from my imagination and from just taking me away on holiday once a year, wherever she could, that the world was bigger than Peckham.
Ashley Walters / Rapper
Holiday
Well Educated
Imagination World Me
Once A Year
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I stayed well clear of roles like 'Top Boy' for years before I did it, but I had to do it because the script was amazing. It was the most authentic thing that I've ever read when it comes to that sort of life.
Ashley Walters / Rapper
Authentic
Stayed
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I worked in WH Smiths on Sloane Square and my first boss was a woman called June. My shift was half a day on Saturdays, and nine to six on Sundays. I was in and out of the place and only turned up when I wanted to.
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June
Saturdays
Shift
Square
Sundays
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I come from a place where to go to prison is like a rite of passage. It's something that you gain respect for. I used to watch people come out of prison, older cousins and the like, back in the day, and be in awe of them.
Ashley Walters / Rapper
Awe
Prison
Rite
Cousins
Gain
Passage
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I had a good three or four months of mad depression where I thought, I'm not doing this any more, it's brought me nothing but problems, I can't take it. My own label didn't want to touch me. A lot of people just shut doors.
Ashley Walters / Rapper
Doors
Good Me People
Touch
Brought
Good Me Problems
Label
Shut
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When I was young, I would go to youth clubs after school, run by my teachers and there were places to go where you could talk things out or enjoy sport with kids from different areas so territorial barriers were broken down.
Ashley Walters / Rapper
Barriers
Clubs
Territorial
Different Areas
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I never wanted my kids to have the experience of not knowing me or where they came from. I never want them to wonder, 'Did he love me?' I want to be there at the pivotal moments, for them to know how proud I am of who they are becoming.
Ashley Walters / Rapper
Not Knowing
Pivotal
Love Experience I Am
Love Me
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In my opinion, gentrification can sometimes affect what's happening on the ends. You're placing people in different places, moving them around, and you're taking them out of their comfort zone and into places they're not used to being in.
Ashley Walters / Rapper
Comfort Zone
Zone
Affect
Different Places
In My Opinion
Placing
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I couldn't take that whole retail thing of being polite to people that are not being polite to you, and showing respect to people when they've got no respect for you. Retail in general is something I just can't do, unless it's my own shop.
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No Respect
Retail
Showing
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I would love to have a chat with Michael Jackson. For the sole purpose of seeing if he has a deep voice or not. A lot of people say he actually had a deep baritone, but then on TV he always had the high pitched squeaky voice. I would love to spend some time with him.
Ashley Walters / Rapper
Purpose
Seeing
Sole
Love Time Always
Baritone
Chat
Michael
Jackson
People Say
Sole Purpose
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I was driving along and I got a random call on my way to my mother in law's for dinner and it was Drake. He wanted to help and he said he'd do anything to get 'Top Boy' back on screens and then got a call from Netflix, who wanted to do the show. For U.K. culture, it's a huge thing.
Ashley Walters / Rapper
Screens
Drake
Huge Thing
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I have done a lot of short dramas that are three, four or five episodes and so that makes the filming process similar to the independent film process; it is very intimate, and it is a small cast and a small crew and everyone is there with a common goal and want the best for that project.
Ashley Walters / Rapper
Common Goal
Crew
Episodes
Independent Film
Intimate
Filming
Dramas
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The fact that 'Small Island' is 'period' is amazing for me because it's something that I've never been involved with before. Also, half my family is Jamaican and this story is essentially a story about Jamaican people, and it's portraying a part of history that I was not that familiar with myself.
Ashley Walters / Rapper
Familiar
Half
Involved
Portraying
Period
Essentially
Island
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If you haven't got a gun, you can't shoot anyone. We need to look at how these guns are getting into our communities. It's about replacing the negativity with good stuff. Give kids music studios in the community they can use for free and see how they learn to work together. Football and music unify kids.
Ashley Walters / Rapper
Kids
Football
Gun
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I woke up one day and there were loads of calls on my phone. My best friend was like: bro, go to Drake's Instagram. So I went and saw my big head on there, a picture and a caption or whatever, and it was 'Top Boy' related. Long story short: we got in contact and had a few conversations about him being a big fan of the show.
Ashley Walters / Rapper
Best Friend
Caption
Contact
Instagram
Long Story
Related
Best Long Day
Big Fan
Drake
Bro
Calls
Loads
Woke
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From the outside, people think it's drug-related. But wherever you come from, people are driven by a sense of belonging. What I say to kids all the time is you don't own streets. We don't own the paving stones we are fighting over. Instead of fighting each other, you should be fighting the government to make this a better place to live.
Ashley Walters / Rapper
Kids
Fighting
Thinking
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