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" If people see that I'm fully committed to my chosen charities and fully engaged in their issues, maybe they'll click a link to find out more. "
David Harewood
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" I try to ensure my daughters are not spoilt. They are very aware of how lucky they are and appreciate it. We have had some lean years, so they know it's not all about luxury, travel, and hotels. They are grounded, and I'm grateful for that. "
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Appreciate
Try
Travel
" I'm the only member of my family who dared to move away from Birmingham - my brothers and sister are still here, along with my mom. "
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Mom
Sister
Family
" If you don't register to vote, politicians don't really care about you: politicians aren't really caring about what you have to say, what you have to do, anything. "
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Caring
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Care
" 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. "
David Harewood
Imagination
Your
Enjoy
" I love New York. New York is busy. It's dirty. It's smelly. I'm a real urban animal: I love cities. I like being in the middle of it all. "
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Love
New
New York
" People come up and say very nice things about my work, like, 'You were great in 'Blood Diamond!' "
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Say
Work
Nice
" There was the 'Cosby Show' in America in the 1980s, which was a doctor in a beautiful Brownstone middle-class house. We just haven't created a role like that in the U.K.; it's always gangs and crime. We need to be brave. "
David Harewood
Need
Doctor
Brave
" If you're black and have leukemia, the chances of finding a donor are drastically reduced. I added my name to the register, and lo and behold, six months later, I was asked to donate. I had a week of 'conditioning' where I had to take these pills and injections to create new stem cells in my body. "
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You
Finding
Name
" British people are surprised that I'm British! "
David Harewood
Surprised
British
People
" In England, you feel like a member of the revolutionary guard the minute you even mention race. But I do think that the OscarsSoWhite phenomenon will have to reflect back on England. What people are essentially saying is that they want to see more diverse stories. It's not about putting three black people in the back of the shot. "
David Harewood
Race
Think
Saying
" 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. "
David Harewood
You
Bond
Hat
" 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. "
David Harewood
Man
Been
Black
" We don't like talking about race in the U.K. - it's a very sensitive subject. People get extremely defensive and run for the covers, but I believe we have to talk about it. "
David Harewood
Talking
Race
Believe
" I was in a number of school plays, one in particular, when I was 13 or 14, entitled 'Illusions.' It was put together by one of the teachers, and was about famous historical figures. I had to do the Martin Luther King 'I have a dream' speech, and some black women in the audience were clapping and crying and whooping. "
David Harewood
School
Famous
King
" My black hero is and always will be Martin Luther King, not just because of the strength of his oratory but because his vision was very much the reality that I'd come to take for granted. "
David Harewood
Black
Strength
Vision
" You don't just win an Oscar because you're a great actor. You campaign for that Oscar: you engage with it; you go on the David Letterman show, and you do the interviews, and that's how you get out there. "
David Harewood
Win
You
Actor
" 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. "
David Harewood
Media
Saying
Start
" The idea that American producers and directors are choosing black British talent to save themselves a buck or two is ridiculous - it's because we're damn good. "
David Harewood
American
Two
Talent
" Everybody can, you know, go online, read about something, and have an opinion about something. "
David Harewood
Opinion
Something
You
" For all its problems, I found South Africa a beautiful country, interesting and inspiring. "
David Harewood
Africa
Problems
Interesting
" 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. "
David Harewood
Voice
Faith
Someone
" I loved working with Mandy Patinkin, I have to say. "
David Harewood
Working
Loved
Say
" It's been interesting seeing how vulnerable Obama is: not the secure president I thought he was or the strong leader that many people hoped he would be. He's a conciliator. But I've been listening to the Republican primary debates, and they're a bunch of lunatics. Just crazy. "
David Harewood
Listening
People
Strong
" 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. "
David Harewood
Bank
Going
Job
" The idea that people are watching me now is a bit unnerving, but I suppose it comes with the territory. It is, perhaps, the modern side of celebrity. "
David Harewood
People
Watching
Celebrity
" I love the stage, but it doesn't pay the mortgage. "
David Harewood
I Love
Pay
Love
" I watched the night unfold from beginning to end on my own here in my flat in Budapest where I've been working for the last six months, and when it was announced that Barack Obama was indeed president-elect, I wept. "
David Harewood
Beginning
Own
Night
" I like America; I enjoy being there. Some people can't stand the insincerity - I love the waiter asking me how my day has been, the can-do culture there. I love the fact that again, you are visible in America. You turn the TV on, there are black politicians, black policemen, black soldiers. "
David Harewood
Culture
People
Day
" 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. "
David Harewood
Up
Growing Up
Character
" When I was sent the script for 'Homeland,' I didn't think anything of it. Three months later, my manager rang and said: 'They are interested in you.' I read it and I realised, 'Yes, I do want this.' Then I got an email saying I'd got it. "
David Harewood
Manager
You
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