Stress, pressure, pushback makes you stronger often. I wouldn't recommend it but if it's there and you can survive it, it can make you very determined. — 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
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
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
I'm not a gambler. And I don't approve of gambling unless it's for the Grand National. — Paterson Joseph Copy Share
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
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
That's the mentality of the soldier. You act on order, not on your own cognition. — Paterson Joseph Copy Share
One of the excuses used for not casting culturally different actors is authenticity. But theater is not documentary. — Paterson Joseph Copy Share
When I was 14 I was really taciturn - I hardly said a word - but then I auditioned for Shylock. With Shakespeare's words… — Paterson Joseph Copy Share
Great African-American stars who can command major theatre and film roles in successful international projects are not uncommon: James Earl Jones, Denzel Washington, Halle… — Paterson Joseph Copy Share
The black presence in our British history has sometimes wilfully, sometimes neglectfully, been whitewashed out of our national tale. This is not only deeply… — Paterson Joseph Copy Share
