That's the mentality of the soldier. You act on order, not on your own cognition. — Paterson Joseph Mentality 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
My curiosity and my academic side only really came through outside of school life. — Paterson Joseph Academic 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
History is a Pandora's box. We've opened it now, we can't pretend stuff doesn't exist. — Paterson Joseph 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
I couldn't be happier to have found a home at Dialogue Books for my debut novel 'The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius… — Paterson Joseph Books 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
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
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 always thought of Doctor Who as being an older guy - Jon Pertwee was mine - older than me now and… — Paterson Joseph 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
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
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
Babylon' has definitely added a degree of sympathy to my opinion of those at the top of the major police forces in… — Paterson Joseph Babylon Copy Share Image
You can transform somebody just by telling them, 'I'm listening.' — Paterson Joseph Change Copy Share Image
It does good things to one, to feel that you are included in the story of your nation. — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
I will have succeeded if young people go off wanting to do more research on black England. — Paterson Joseph 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
When I got to secondary school I copped out and started bunking off. — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
I like to acknowledge the audience. It seems foolish to pretend they're not there. — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
Stress, pressure, pushback makes you stronger often. I wouldn't recommend it but if it's there and you can survive it, it can… — Paterson Joseph Pressure Copy Share Image
I spent most of my time in libraries or Brent Cross shopping centre. I didn't understand what school was about. I was… — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
Why can I not get seen for parts in 'Emma,' 'Great Expectations,' or 'Downton Abbey?' Is it because I'm not 'the right… — Paterson Joseph Actor 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 just didn't care what other people thought so much - because they were always going to think lowly of me and… — Paterson Joseph 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 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
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
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
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
