“As an actor you try to find reasons for actions taken by your characte...” — Paterson Joseph Quote

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.

It's essential for people to socialise with each other, to play games, to open up, to role-play. It brings empathy and that is vital for us to care about each other.

I hope my play, 'Sancho,' will contribute a little to an understanding of our shared British history, whoever we are.

My curiosity and my academic side only really came through outside of school life.

I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions.

Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.

Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.

History's lesson, of course, is that attempts to suppress free expression have merely confirmed the caricaturists' original critique of heavy-handed and objectionable actions of overreaching governments.

You base your actions on a projected ending, which you actually don't know. However, when you reach the crucial point, and the pinnacle event doesn't occur, you just need to go on, and something else will happen.