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" After 'Homeland,' I was offered a lot of very authoritarian, square, angry boss types, but I wanted to do something different. Casting directors are surprised when they look at my CV and see all the work I've done, from Shakespeare to playing Nelson Mandela. "
See
Look
Work
" American television, for all its faults, still has a black presence in shows and even in commercials. You'll see black people in automobile ads, black women starring on their own television shows. We don't see that on British television. "
People
You
Women
" Art is all about the experience. I could say I don't really relate to opera, but then you watch Placido Domingo, and you go, 'Blimey, look at that.' "
Art
Experience
Look
" As an actor, whether I'm playing Othello on stage or David Estes on 'Homeland,' that ability to give into your imagination is something that I enjoy. "
Imagination
Your
Enjoy
" As an ambassador for the aid agency Cafod and the Anthony Nolan Trust, I need to be sure that my public support for those charities is a help for their work, not a hindrance. "
Agency
Help
Support
" As soon as you become of interest to the media, the charity requests start rolling in, and it's not easy saying no. But if you endorse every charity that asks you, you're not really endorsing any of them. It has to mean something. "
Media
Saying
Start
" At school, I was the classroom clown - I was always being thrown out for being naughty. Before I left, a teacher called me in and suggested I became an actor. "
Me
School
Teacher
" Back in 2005, the Anthony Nolan Trust could have asked me just to speak out about the lack of ethnic minority donors on the bone marrow register, but that would have meant nothing if I wasn't prepared to join up myself. "
Me
Back
Speak
" Before 'Homeland,' I had £80 in the bank and no idea what I was going to do. I seriously considered giving it all up and getting a job as a lorry driver. "
Bank
Going
Job
" Before recording my 'Homeland' audition on my iPhone in my bedroom in Streatham, I hadn't worked or had an audition in the U.K. for nine months. "
Nine
Audition
Bedroom
" Birmingham people are the salt of the earth, and I've carried that with me all around the world. People respond to a certain down-to-earthness that I have, and that's purely as a result of coming from Birmingham. "
Earth
World
Salt
" British people are surprised that I'm British! "
Surprised
British
People
" British people are surprised that I'm British! It's extraordinary, I get tweets every day from British people saying, 'I had no idea you were British.' "
Every Day
Saying
You
" Everybody can, you know, go online, read about something, and have an opinion about something. "
Opinion
Something
You
" Everyone in America thinks I'm American - and everyone in England seems to think I'm American. "
Think
America
American
" Everyone wants to be James Bond, and there's a queue of guys ahead of me - but I will throw my hat into the ring. Bond is such an iconic role, you would have to seriously think how to approach it. "
You
Bond
Hat
" Fatherhood is a joy. I feel very lucky to have a family. It gives you a perspective on things. "
Joy
You
Perspective
" For all its problems, I found South Africa a beautiful country, interesting and inspiring. "
Africa
Problems
Interesting
" For the charities, their relationships with celebrity supporters should be as deep and purposeful as the ones they have with any of their supporters and volunteers, based on a genuine understanding of the issues they're tackling. "
Relationships
Understanding
Deep
" Giving kids the chance to see live theatre should not just be free, it should be compulsory. "
Giving
See
Free
" Growing up, I really looked up to the classic Hollywood actors like Spencer Tracy, Robert Mitchum, and Peter Falk. I love character actors - I've never wanted to be the leading guy. "
Up
Growing Up
Character
" I always get this feeling on my last day of work that I'm never going to work again. "
Always
Work
Never
" I always tell younger actors that if they want to learn the ropes, there's no better place to do it than right here in the U.K. "
Learn
Better
Always
" I am the youngest of four children - three boys and one girl. I don't think becoming an actor had anything to do with seeking attention, though. My relationship with my siblings when I was growing up was close and playful. "
Girl
I Am
Relationship
" I can only appreciate the kind of work that goes into being a top drag queen. Ru Paul looks just astonishing as a woman. And he's got this fantastic turn of phrase. I find him hilarious. "
Woman
Work
Queen
" I didn't go abroad until quite late. A friend drove us to Amalfi, Italy, for his sister's wedding when I was a teenager. It was exciting driving through Europe. "
Late
Friend
Wedding
" I'd love to talk with Martin Luther King, just to hear his voice up close and be with someone who had such faith. He had such power. "
Voice
Faith
Someone
" I do enjoy acting, but it is such a game. So for that reason, I don't think I'll ever leave London. "
Think
Ever
Enjoy
" I do know in the 1960s comics, Martian Manhunter took on the form of a black man - that could have been influenced by the political climate back then. "
Man
Been
Black
" If people of colour do not exercise their democratic right to vote, they will remain an invisible, voiceless, and largely ignored part of the electorate. "
Vote
Right
People
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