Quotes from Ncuti Gatwa

I was supposed to move into a new place and it fell through. So for five months before Sex Education, I was couch-surfing among all my friends. I didn't have a home.

I loved Hackney because they embraced me really, like with open arms.

I was blown away by the amazing atmosphere at Moshions's studio. The amount of work, love and dedication that went into the bespoke clothes felt so personal. It was stunning.

It was so normal for me to have racial abuse spat at me and then when I moved to Dunfermline, there were a group of boys who made up a racist social media page geared at me.

Because my parents are Rwandan, there was always a lot of colour and artwork in our house and that informed my love of bright and vibrant clothes.

Nobody's going to erase mine or anyone's existence.

I think the first step towards exploring the unexplored side of the LGBTQ community is to show them on screen, to create a visibility.

When I lost weight due to only eating once a day, people said how lean and healthy I looked.