“I expect most actors would admit to a touch of jealousy, or healthy en...” — Paterson Joseph Quote

I expect most actors would admit to a touch of jealousy, or healthy envy, if they see fellow actors in an excellent piece of work on TV or in the theatre.

I mean, ethnic is a meaningless term because everybody thinks it means brown or something, but actually, we're all ethnic.

What I thought about multi-ethnic Britain pre-Windrush and what I now know has, for me, changed for ever the meaning of the words black British.

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.

We are becoming able to see the pursuit of external power for what it is and the futility of trying to escape the pain of powerlessness by changing the world. When we look inward, not outward, we can dismantle the parts of our personalities that have controlled us for so long - such as anger, jealousy, vindictiveness, superiority, inferiority.

Whether it's angst or jealousy, catfights always have to come from the wellspring of the emotion of the character.

Jealousy can even be good for love. One partner may feel secretly flattered when the other is mildly jealous. And catching someone flirting with your beloved can spark the kind of lust and romance that reignites a relationship.

There's no regret. You can't regret. I mean, I've felt regret but I've also refused to allow regret to sow a seed and live in me because I don't believe it. You feel it, it's like guilt, it's like jealousy, it's like all those horrible things. You've just got to snip them and get them out, because they're no good.