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
History is a Pandora's box. We've opened it now, we can't pretend stuff doesn't exist. — Paterson Joseph 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
Comedy and sci-fi are two areas where you can be larger than life, without the charge of overacting. — Paterson Joseph Comedy 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 Copy Share Image
Racism is a strange mental illness where you look at somebody and say, 'I hate you because of the colour of your… — Paterson Joseph Hate Copy Share Image
In no other genre can you be believable as an immortal character. I love sci-fi for that, so yeah - I'm a… — Paterson Joseph 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
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
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
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
My favourite character was the Marquis de Carabas from Neil Gaiman's 'Neverwhere.' I love that character because he's so flamboyant but also… — Paterson Joseph Character 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
How lovely to have a character that people sort of remember and have tropes for, lines that I can't even remember saying.… — Paterson Joseph Character 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 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 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 fact of the matter is that everybody, all actors who are desiring a bigger career, more choice, are all going to… — Paterson Joseph Actors Copy Share Image
As an actor you try to find reasons for actions taken by your character, which is what I did with Kamal, so… — Paterson Joseph Actor 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
I love the Olivier. It's a great space for me because I'm a big actor. — Paterson Joseph Actor Copy Share Image
We must have belief in BAME artists and have total trust in their work. — Paterson Joseph Art 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 Copy Share Image
Drama must give us a view not just of what was, but of what could be. — Paterson Joseph 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 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
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
As I know from my own experience, I may have the skill and the training to wield, say, a Bronte hero's finely… — Paterson Joseph Auditions 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
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 Copy Share Image
British theatre is marginally better at casting the actor the director wants regardless of colour, but TV has always, falsely I believe,… — Paterson Joseph 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 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 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 Copy Share Image
There's a great book called 'Britain's Black Past' edited by Gretchen Gerzina. It has a myriad of stories and angles on black… — Paterson Joseph Books Copy Share Image
Dialogue's brave, brilliant and eclectic list is one that I am very privileged to be joining and I look forward to an… — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
