I mean, ethnic is a meaningless term because everybody thinks it means brown or something, but actually, we're all ethnic. — Paterson Joseph Ethnic Copy Share Image
You've just got to expand the breadth of imagination. The diversity of ideas is the most important thing. — Paterson Joseph Diversity 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 British Copy Share Image
My curiosity and my academic side only really came through outside of school life. — Paterson Joseph Academic Copy Share Image
That's the mentality of the soldier. You act on order, not on your own cognition. — Paterson Joseph Mentality Copy Share Image
We have to have more voices, more varied voices from people from all sorts of backgrounds. — Paterson Joseph Backgrounds 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 Actor Copy Share Image
To be remembered by name for a character, with a sort of guilty joy, is... aw man, it's marvellous. — Paterson Joseph Character Copy Share Image
When I took on the role of Kamal Hadley it was a question of - how do I depict a racist who… — Paterson Joseph Country Copy Share Image
It's only later that you realise 'All of those heroes of mine were white.' Not because I didn't know any better, but… — Paterson Joseph Better Copy Share Image
Great African-American stars who can command major theatre and film roles in successful international projects are not uncommon: James Earl Jones, Denzel… — Paterson Joseph Denzel washington 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… — Paterson Joseph Career 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… — Paterson Joseph Care Copy Share Image
Black storytelling can be about anything, absolutely anything, and within that it can be as enriching, as complex, beautiful, ugly as anything… — Paterson Joseph Beautiful Copy Share Image
Playing a character who will be seen as villainous will be fascinating, because a lot of the characters I have played are… — Paterson Joseph Character Copy Share Image
The black presence in our British history has sometimes wilfully, sometimes neglectfully, been whitewashed out of our national tale. — Paterson Joseph British Copy Share Image
I don't have anything against someone going to the biggest market in the world for the job that we do. What I… — Paterson Joseph Anything Copy Share Image
You see somebody like Olivia Colman and say, 'Okay, she's really great at comedy - I wonder if she can do drama?'… — Paterson Joseph Actor Copy Share Image
There was nothing around me that would have given me heroes who happened to be Black. And I don't think anybody can… — Paterson Joseph Difficult Copy Share Image
I wanted to be in a costume drama. Yes, I like them. I enjoy the leap of imagination and the richer-than-modern-language they… — Paterson Joseph Costume Copy Share Image
The marvellous thing about Proust - although it must have been a nightmare living in his head - is he forgot nothing.… — Paterson Joseph Living Copy Share Image
This is the story that I've grown up with in this country, Black protest is always seen as violent. In fact, Black… — Paterson Joseph Country 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 Big Copy Share Image
I live in France, I don't live in the States and I don't live in London, so I'm not immersed in the… — Paterson Joseph Career Copy Share Image
Babylon' has definitely added a degree of sympathy to my opinion of those at the top of the major police forces in… — Paterson Joseph Babylon Copy Share Image
The wealth of our country was based on free labour, and that free labour was African labour - our ancestors. — Paterson Joseph Ancestors Copy Share Image
I'm so keen to convey what I'm thinking and feeling, as opposed to letting the audience come to me. — Paterson Joseph Audience Copy Share Image
My son introduced me to 'New Girl,' which I didn't think I would like, but I'm completely charmed by it. — Paterson Joseph Girl Copy Share Image
If you think something is expensive for you or it's not part of your community, you don't go for it. — Paterson Joseph Community Copy Share Image
When I do TV, I always look at it afterwards and realise that I'm more of a theatre actor. — Paterson Joseph Actor Copy Share Image
History is a Pandora's box. We've opened it now, we can't pretend stuff doesn't exist. — Paterson Joseph Box Copy Share Image
I like to acknowledge the audience. It seems foolish to pretend they're not there. — Paterson Joseph Acknowledge Copy Share Image
When I got to secondary school I copped out and started bunking off. — Paterson Joseph Got Copy Share Image
