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I've always liked using humor, but what I had to with 'Chewing Gum' was take out a lot of darkness so it would be a bit more feel-good.

- Michaela Coel
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Michaela Coel
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I don't write with this thing in the back of my head about carrying the weight of young black women on my shoulders.

There always seems to be an element of faith in my writing.

Where I grew up, in Aldgate, east London, one of the poorest boroughs in the country, I saw lots that was real - the bankers with their briefcases, the man next door with five wives, the illegal immigrants in Flat 5. I'm from a world you rarely see on screen, and I want to show it off.

I wanted to write a show about an estate that wasn't sad or morbid, like a lot of shows portray working class life to be.

It strikes me as odd that we've made journeys with our social conditioning in certain areas, but not in others. The world is always changing; discoveries in technology and science relentlessly expose our dearest values as fictions.

'Chewing Gum Dreams' should make you look twice at the girl shouting on the bus and not just cuss her off from your life.

I don't think we should be presentable or present ourselves for the sake of others.

I feel angry with myself the way I handled the Bible and Christianity. A lot more people are more normal with Christianity. I was crazy... telling people you will go to hell. I lost all my friends because of my militant faith.

If there's anyone out there that looks a bit like me, or just feels a little bit out of place just trying to get into performing, you are beautiful; embrace it. You are intelligent; embrace it. You are powerful; embrace it.

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