I did Shakespeare with teenagers in Harlesden, and it transformed them. I did it with prisoners in Brixton and it inspired them… — Paterson Joseph Loss Copy Share Image
I wasn't a bully, I wasn't horrible, but a lot of teachers just took against me. I think it was because, in… — Paterson Joseph Bullying 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
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
The fact that, I've heard anecdotally, careers officers regularly tell students who think about a career in the arts, particularly in acting,… — Paterson Joseph Acting Copy Share Image
It's interesting to think that somebody could be a virulent racist... but actually that doesn't make somebody inhuman. It just means that… — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
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 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
Just because somebody is a racist, it doesn't mean they are not human. It just means that they perhaps have had a… — Paterson Joseph Human 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
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
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
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
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
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'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
