Quotes from Lorraine Toussaint

I grew up a middle class, colonized child of teachers, and librarians and people, women especially, who treasured education.

I've become very fond of the law. I've always been an advocate for justice, which occasionally the law brings to light.

I grew up under the British system, which I think is horrific for children - very, very strict - a system that did not recognize children as being individuals. You were small animals earning the right to be human.

I find I often do my best work when I'm not attached to the outcome of the audition.

The ordinary is ultimately what moves us most deeply. It's what touches us, and it's what we most recognize, in great moments of art.

I know what it was like to not have a voice, so my daughter has a voice. I veto that voice when needed because at the end of the day I am the grown-up, but I hear her.