Great African-American stars who can command major theatre and film roles in successful international projects are not uncommon: James Earl Jones, Denzel… — Paterson Joseph African american Copy Share Image
My career started off very well in classical theatre, a genre that I shouldn't perhaps have done so well in. As a… — Paterson Joseph Career Copy Share Image
It's only later that you realise 'All of those heroes of mine were white.' Not because I didn't know any better, but… — Paterson Joseph 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
The British had this idea they were heroes in the anti-slavery movement but they also were beneficiaries of the slavery trade. It… — Paterson Joseph Anti slavery Copy Share Image
That the whole world is not the West and that there are other ways of doing things, whether it's eating, seeing or… — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
Poor Marlowe gets a rough deal for simply not being Shakespeare. But he was Bill's forerunner. It's hard to imagine one without… — Paterson Joseph Being Copy Share Image
I stayed in some lovely hotels in Thailand, especially the Mandarin Oriental in Bangkok. It was very peaceful and really well done.… — Paterson Joseph 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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
