We must have belief in BAME artists and have total trust in their work. — Paterson Joseph Art 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… — Paterson Joseph Long 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
I'm not a big movie-watcher, but I do watch quite a bit of TV. — Paterson Joseph Big 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
I'm not a gambler. And I don't approve of gambling unless it's for the Grand National. — Paterson Joseph Gambler 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 Everybody Copy Share Image
When I got to secondary school I copped out and started bunking off. — Paterson Joseph Got 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… — Paterson Joseph Difficult Copy Share Image
You can transform somebody just by telling them, 'I'm listening.' — Paterson Joseph Change 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
One of the excuses used for not casting culturally different actors is authenticity. But theater is not documentary. — Paterson Joseph Authenticity Copy Share Image
When I was 14 I was really taciturn - I hardly said a word - but then I auditioned for Shylock. With… — Paterson Joseph Felt 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
The black presence in our British history has sometimes wilfully, sometimes neglectfully, been whitewashed out of our national tale. This is not… — Paterson Joseph British Copy Share Image
About two months after I'd finished filming 'The Beach' in Thailand, I found myself on a roof in Croydon at 2:00 A.M.… — Paterson Joseph Angel Copy Share Image
Each case - each story - is interesting in itself. I think that's what 'Law & Order: U.K.' maintains and that's why… — Paterson Joseph Crime Copy Share Image
There's much more venality in the world than there is racism in the world, I find. If it makes money, they'll be… — Paterson Joseph Find 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 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
The British had this idea they were heroes in the anti-slavery movement but they also were beneficiaries of the slavery trade. It… — Paterson Joseph British Copy Share Image
I was reluctant to play Othello. It seemed like such a 'black actor' cliche, but when I finally did, in my 40s,… — Paterson Joseph Ability 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
Black women's hair is a complicated and skillful thing that you need to know in order to tackle it and make it… — Paterson Joseph Black women Copy Share Image
