Quotes from Percelle Ascott

The first thing I do with any script is read it and try to visualize if I can play the character - if I can feel what the character's feeling.

I treat acting as my job. I say that, as I have found there is a beauty in separating yourself from the world and from acting.

It's a constant thing we do in life... I marry someone or have kids; these are the evolutions of life that we go on. There are constant shifts.

There have been a lot of things where communities haven't been portrayed in a positive light, and even when we were doing 'Youngers' in Peckham, people were cautious about what we were filming.

We shift in our everyday life; we evolve, depending on the circumstances.

We all know we're conditioned from music and television, so for us, we take great privilege in being role models, and having an impressionable audience its important for us to make sure what we're doing is in line with them.

Impressionable audiences should be seeing characters that are properly fleshed out.

I was a big fan of sci-fi.

I'm a massive fan of Carnaby Street. I love it there. Every time I have an audition, I like to have a cheeky wander through, do a little bit of a window shop, just to see what's happening. As well as the shops and the clothes, I like the vibe and energy.

Anything new that happens, we shift and we change and we grow.

I think I got my education as a young boy from things I saw on TV.

The main dream is to get 'Mandem On The Wall' its own TV show. That's the kind of platform that we're trying to reach.

I think, with any kind of Netflix show, it's quite nice at the end of - just even watching the end of Episode 1, you have that kind of moment to yourself where you're like, 'Okay, I need to see the next episode here.'

I'd like to shapeshift into any person, to understand a new perspective, and hope that that changes my perspective.

I just have an open mind - that's the way I live my life, just crossing the bridge when I come to it.

Love isn't just a feeling: it's an action.

I quite like to, y'know, chill and catch a vibe where you can actually talk, as opposed to standing on the floor in the club.

My love life isn't that exciting or interesting.