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
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
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
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 got to secondary school I copped out and started bunking off. — Paterson Joseph Got Copy Share Image
You can transform somebody just by telling them, 'I'm listening.' — Paterson Joseph Change Copy Share Image
One of the excuses used for not casting culturally different actors is authenticity. But theater is not documentary. — Paterson Joseph Actor 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 Ethnic 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
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
Most scripts you need to stretch your imagination just to see what it would look like on screen; 'Neverwhere' was not like… — Paterson Joseph Imagination Copy Share Image
There's a desire now to have multi-ethnic casts in many, many things, even in costume drama, which I'm very, very pleased about. — Paterson Joseph Desire Copy Share Image
Whenever I do comedy, my trouble is that I laugh too much - I enjoy myself too much, so it's quite expensive… — Paterson Joseph Actor 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
I expect most actors would admit to a touch of jealousy, or healthy envy, if they see fellow actors in an excellent… — Paterson Joseph Actor 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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
That's the mentality of the soldier. You act on order, not on your own cognition. — Paterson Joseph Mentality 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
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
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
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
Welcome to Britain in 2020. When we march for Black Lives Matters here, the next day the far-right marches. — Paterson Joseph Black lives matter 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
We must have belief in BAME artists and have total trust in their work. — Paterson Joseph Art 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
