People who are racist, they love, they laugh, they are committed to their family and their friends. They're human beings. This is what's so difficult about it. They've got a mental block. They've been conditioned.

More Quotes by Paterson Joseph

We must have belief in BAME artists and have total trust in their work.

History is a Pandora's box. We've opened it now, we can't pretend stuff doesn't exist.

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.

There was nothing around me that would have given me heroes who happened to be Black. And I don't think anybody can understand how that feels, unless you are that person. It's very difficult to understand what it's like to be shut out of a narrative.

I couldn't be happier to have found a home at Dialogue Books for my debut novel 'The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho.'

Comedy and sci-fi are two areas where you can be larger than life, without the charge of overacting.