I don't have anything against someone going to the biggest market in the world for the job that we do. What I don't want there to be is talent drain, particularly among excellent black practitioners, because other, younger practitioners have no one to look to.
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.