The black presence in our British history has sometimes wilfully, sometimes neglectfully, been whitewashed out of our national tale. This is not… — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
We have fixed ideas of Tudor Britain, Victorian and Edwardian Britain as entirely white. But an awful lot of what we know… — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
I enjoyed 'Hunters' on Amazon Prime, which is the Al Pacino series about Nazi hunters in 1980s U.S. The subject matter is… — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
As an actor, I want to be in works that reflect black presence in the U.K. throughout the nation's history. — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
I hope my play, 'Sancho,' will contribute a little to an understanding of our shared British history, whoever we are. — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
The black presence in our British history has sometimes wilfully, sometimes neglectfully, been whitewashed out of our national tale. — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
History is a Pandora's box. We've opened it now, we can't pretend stuff doesn't exist. — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
There's a great book called 'Britain's Black Past' edited by Gretchen Gerzina. It has a myriad of stories and angles on black… — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
We must have belief in BAME artists and have total trust in their work. — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
It takes a long time to shoot 'Peep Show' whenever I do a scene - that's probably why I don't do much stuff on… — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
It's essential for people to socialise with each other, to play games, to open up, to role-play. It brings empathy and that is vital… — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
My career started off very well in classical theatre, a genre that I shouldn't perhaps have done so well in. As a result it… — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
I'm not a gambler. And I don't approve of gambling unless it's for the Grand National. — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
I mean, ethnic is a meaningless term because everybody thinks it means brown or something, but actually, we're all ethnic. — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
When I got to secondary school I copped out and started bunking off. — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
People who are racist, they love, they laugh, they are committed to their family and their friends. They're human beings. This is what's so… — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
That's the mentality of the soldier. You act on order, not on your own cognition. — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
One of the excuses used for not casting culturally different actors is authenticity. But theater is not documentary. — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
