Paterson Joseph

Actor

1964-06-22

Quotes by Paterson Joseph

• When I was 14 I was really taciturn - I hardly said a word - but then I auditioned for Shylock. With Shakespeare's words in my mouth I suddenly felt I had a lot to say.

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• The British had this idea they were heroes in the anti-slavery movement but they also were beneficiaries of the slavery trade. It was a bit of a thorn in the flesh.

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• As an actor you try to find reasons for actions taken by your character, which is what I did with Kamal, so he is not just a two-dimensional villainous character. Starting with his name, Hadley - this is such an English sounding name, I figured there must have been a white man who was part of his family line.

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• The marvellous thing about Proust - although it must have been a nightmare living in his head - is he forgot nothing. His obsession with detail is extraordinary, the way the sun plays on a room, the smell of the air. He's like Van Gogh, seeing things in a way that no one else has seen them before.

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• We have to have more voices, more varied voices from people from all sorts of backgrounds.

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• As I know from my own experience, I may have the skill and the training to wield, say, a Bronte hero's finely turned phrases, but it'll be a cold day in hell when I'm even in the room for the Mr. Darcy auditions.

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