My brother and I were raised to live the life we've got and not mourn the one we don't have. — Adam Pearson Brother Copy Share Image
I've always been a campaigner, ever since I was a child. It sounds like an utter clich but it's in my DNA. — Adam Pearson Always Copy Share Image
Disfigurement and disability is unique in terms of you don't get it until you get it. — Adam Pearson Disability Copy Share Image
I have a strong background in, like, documentary and current affairs. I did a good five years of just food programming. — Adam Pearson Current Copy Share Image
I go into everything with a clear head and a full heart and complete openness and trust. — Adam Pearson Clear head Copy Share Image
Where are the good guys with disfigurements, where are the characters with disfigurements where it isn't even mentioned? — Adam Pearson Character Copy Share Image
I'm like a duck. On the surface, I look cool and sleek and elegant. And underneath I'm kicking like mad. — Adam Pearson Cool Copy Share Image
I think judging someone on who they were and how they behaved when they were a teenager is unfair and unreasonable. — Adam Pearson I think Copy Share Image
I was at Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, one of the best pediatric institutes in the world, and they often had famous… — Adam Pearson Best Copy Share Image
Film baddies are often scarred, marked or have a condition of some kind. In 'James Bond' stories, the villain is always disabled… — Adam Pearson Bad Copy Share Image
I think all actors should be made to feel somewhat uncomfortable. Because otherwise you're not learning anything or developing, and you're not… — Adam Pearson Actor Copy Share Image
There are two schools of thought here. On one side you have 'only disabled actors can play disabled roles' and over here… — Adam Pearson Acting Copy Share Image
If I could talk to my younger self, I'd both give myself a slap and reassure myself that it's going really good… — Adam Pearson Good Copy Share Image
I have a genetic condition called Type 1 Neurofibromatosis. So it affects the 17th chromosome in the human genome. And it has… — Adam Pearson Being Copy Share Image
We all have our own hang-ups and I think we should be supporting each other, not throwing abuse around like you're 15… — Adam Pearson Abuse Copy Share Image
There are things I won't do. If they're kind of tacky or caricature-ish or just really badly written, then I'll tend to… — Adam Pearson Kind Copy Share Image
I often say that my disability does a lot of heavy lifting for my awful, awful personality. — Adam Pearson Awful Copy Share Image
A man once tried to rip my face off because he thought it was a mask. — Adam Pearson Face Copy Share Image
I'd love to play Bond, but I would love to play a Bond villain too - who wouldn't? — Adam Pearson Bond Copy Share Image
In an ideal world, actors with conditions would play the characters with these same conditions, but that's a way off. — Adam Pearson Ideal Copy Share Image
No matter what mindset you're in, if you're bullied at school, nothing makes it easy. — Adam Pearson Bullied Copy Share Image
I've met people from across the spectrum and I think film should be the same. — Adam Pearson Cinema Copy Share Image
I didn't think disabled people were allowed in films, because I didn't see any. — Adam Pearson Allowed Copy Share Image
I think an honest conversation goes a long way. Curiosity should be answered with kindness. — Adam Pearson Communication Copy Share Image
Hate crimes, whoever they target, are despicable and not to be tolerated. — Adam Pearson Crime Copy Share Image
A lot of my friends will accuse me of just turning up to work and being myself on camera. — Adam Pearson Accuse Copy Share Image
People always think of the tragedy of going from being non-disabled to disabled. And no one really talks about it going the… — Adam Pearson Always Copy Share Image
You can get bogged down in, 'It's not fair. Why is life so cruel?' It doesn't solve anything. — Adam Pearson Anything Copy Share Image
Banning words and subject matters for fear of upsetting people runs the risk of stifling conversation and halting social progress. — Adam Pearson Communication Copy Share Image
Disfigurement is so widely unrepresented in our media heavy culture it is little wonder people don't know how to react to it. — Adam Pearson Culture Copy Share Image
Elephant Man - the name given to Joseph Merrick - was the moniker that haunted my childhood. — Adam Pearson Childhood Copy Share Image
If it wasn't for 'Under the Skin,' I would more than likely be in some kind of middle management job in marketing,… — Adam Pearson Frustrated Copy Share Image
When you get the 'role model' label thrust on you, and it does get thrust on you, sometimes people think you're speaking… — Adam Pearson Model Copy Share Image
You sit in all these diversity meetings and you hear the same words over and over, and you can tell when someone's… — Adam Pearson Diversity Copy Share Image
I try to stay away from tropes, or if there is a trope there, I ensure that it's cleverly written and isn't… — Adam Pearson Actor Copy Share Image
While I'm acutely aware that justice doesn't need a modifier and that not every bad thing that happens to me is a… — Adam Pearson Bad Copy Share Image
Both 'Deadpool' and 'Zoolander 2' make fun out of facial disfigurement. As someone with neurofibromatosis, a condition that has caused numerous non-cancerous… — Adam Pearson Comedy Copy Share Image
Why are non-disabled people writing about disability without consultation? When that happens, the end result... you might get it right once, but… — Adam Pearson Disability Copy Share Image
For as long as I can remember, I've been fascinated by superheroes. I don't know if it was the good versus evil… — Adam Pearson Batman Copy Share Image
I found out who I was by trying loads of things that I wasn't and by realizing the facade of trying to… — Adam Pearson Loneliness Copy Share Image
