OMI

I've never hidden the fact that I'm Jamaican; I will never disown my roots or influences.

I think everybody wants someone who understands them and is able to compromise and meet them halfway. I mean, it goes both ways, you know?

My stage name is actually my nickname given to me by my dad when I was a baby.

I've had a fantastic time at 'Coronation Street,' and I'm chuffed at the reaction to Becky. It's been this lovely redemption story, and I think that's what the viewers have enjoyed about it.

Barack Obama is crazy sexy.

Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan.