Ashley Walters Quotes

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Ashley Walters

Profession : Musician

Birth : June 30, 1982

A lot of people out there are not content with their life, but I am.

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I don't want to say I'm a role model because I've not been the most clean-cut person, and there were times I could have gone the other way.

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Drake and his camp are people of their word. I've never seen them say they're going to do something and not do it.

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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.

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I find it hard to network and I have an issue about what people are going to think of me.

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I don't have friends, to be honest.

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I used to eat under my grandmother's dining room table. I wouldn't eat at the table ever until I was about 10.

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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.

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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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There's always that romantic Hollywood element to it. But people appreciate 'Top Boy' because it is what it is.

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The only TV show that I've been in that my uncle gives me recognition for is 'Doctor Who.'

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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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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.

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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.

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I'm not a comedy guy. I don't do comedy shows.

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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.

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I wanted to show that I could take on roles that were a bit softer and more caring.

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When I was young I wanted to be a bus driver, because my grandad was a conductor on the Routemasters.

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Top Boy' isn't the type of programme that is trying to be righteous and have a happy ending, it is just real.

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