"The reality of Britain is vibrant multiculturalism, but the myth we export is an all-white world of ..." — Riz Ahmed

Sometimes when you're inside a story, it's almost better if you don't think too much about its wider cultural significance or if you don't think about how audiences might react to it. That takes you out of the reality of the situation you're committing to as you're telling the story.

It's interesting - what are you willing to give up in terms of your privacy for access to other people? For access to things you think you desperately need. Ultimately, it's that old saying, isn't it? If the service is free, then the product is you. The thing being sold is you. There's a product for sale in you and your data.

I'm used to doing U.K. indie films, like, six weeks of filming, tops.

I go to a lot of stand-up comedy. I find more inspiration from observational stuff than from rap.