00:00I was doing lots of theatre in London, essentially sort of got to a point where I felt like there wasn't enough work for black actors in the UK at that time.
00:09And like many of us grew up watching a lot of American TV shows and it somehow felt more aspirational and seeing sort of black actors playing, you know, doctors and presidents, that seemed more exciting to me.
00:26And so, you know, I ended up essentially going out to America in early 2000s with, you know, a suitcase and a few thousand dollars.
00:38And I mean, it was kind of foolishness of youth, really. If I'd have known then what I know now, I never would have done it.
00:44But and and so I went out there and yeah, it took about six years of just going around and around and getting a lot of no's.
00:53And but it was it was great in terms of a kind of a growth experience as an actor.
01:01It was, you know, I learned so much. I learned so much.
01:05I learned so much of a sort of luck.
01:23So we will have some advice.
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