We have fixed ideas of Tudor Britain, Victorian and Edwardian Britain as entirely white. But an awful lot of what we know… — Paterson Joseph History 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
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
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
My academic struggles were no barrier to my ambitions to be the best that I could be. To be someone who could… — Paterson Joseph Ambition Copy Share Image
What I thought about multi-ethnic Britain pre-Windrush and what I now know has, for me, changed for ever the meaning of the… — Paterson Joseph Black 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 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
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
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 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 Drama Copy Share Image
In a life where you are oppressed and not listened to, and told to sit in the corner and shut up, which… — Paterson Joseph Appreciation Copy Share Image
I'm from London and I had never seen the sea until I was about 15, when I went on a trip to Littlehampton. — Paterson Joseph About 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
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 definitely not an adrenalin junkie; I get enough of that at work. Holidays are always a matter of relaxing and spending… — Paterson Joseph Holiday Copy Share Image
Why are British actors revered in America? Because it's a place of excellence. This is where we are trained to be excellent.… — Paterson Joseph America 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
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
Shakespeare taught me everything I know about love. Its vibrancy. How afterwards your life seems darker. And everything I know about power,… — Paterson Joseph Ambition Copy Share Image
It was the only thing I could do at school: I was rubbish at everything else but I could read aloud. It… — Paterson Joseph Life Copy Share Image
I think radio's a beautiful thing, because it's all about the imagination, and it's all about the capability of the performer being… — Paterson Joseph Beautiful Copy Share Image
