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" It would be extraordinary if the BBC were to make me the first black 'Doctor Who;' it would be extraordinary. "
David Harewood
Black
First
Extraordinary
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" 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
" 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
" 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. "
David Harewood
Nine
Audition
Bedroom
" 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
" 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. "
David Harewood
Vote
Right
People
" 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. "
David Harewood
Me
Back
Speak
" Everyone in America thinks I'm American - and everyone in England seems to think I'm American. "
David Harewood
Think
America
American
" Support for charities takes many forms. Some people give their money, some their spare time. I give my name and my voice. We give what we can to make a difference to the people and issues that matter to us. But what's most important, especially for celebrities, is giving our genuine commitment. "
David Harewood
Support
Time
Money
" When there is enough food to feed everyone, why are 870 million people going hungry? We must learn to share what we have; no one race or nation has a greater right to life than another. "
David Harewood
Learn
Enough
People
" 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
" 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. "
David Harewood
Woman
Work
Queen
" I loathe the word 'celebrity,' and I hope I'm not a diva. Whenever I see diva-ish behaviour, I just leave the room; I find it appalling. You should always try to be civil to people. "
David Harewood
You
Try
People
" 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
" 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've been on 'Mastermind' - I tied for first place and then lost on the number of passes. My subject was the 'His Dark Materials' trilogy by Philip Pullman. If I did it again, I'd choose Shakespearian tragedies. "
David Harewood
First
Place
Lost
" We all have insecurities, but some of us are better at covering them up. "
David Harewood
Better
Up
Them
" 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. "
David Harewood
Earth
World
Salt
" I grew up in an environment in Birmingham that was really multicultural, with black kids, Irish kids, Indian kids. "
David Harewood
Black
Multicultural
Irish
" I have always been reasonably anonymous, but I suppose that has gone with the success of 'Homeland.' I feel a lot more visible, which is good and bad. Good because I am getting recognition, but I am slightly apprehensive because I always enjoyed my anonymity. "
David Harewood
Recognition
Feel
Good
" 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. "
David Harewood
Relationships
Understanding
Deep
" Giving kids the chance to see live theatre should not just be free, it should be compulsory. "
David Harewood
Giving
See
Free
" We've yet to deal with the uncomfortable history of England being involved in the transatlantic slave trade, whereas America has at least made some movies dealing with its racial history. "
David Harewood
Uncomfortable
Movies
History
" The area where I grew up in Birmingham was very diverse - I was aware of my race but not overly aware of it - and there seemed to be an understanding that we were all very much in the same boat. "
David Harewood
Race
Up
Understanding
" I started reading DC stuff much later in my life. You realize that there's a huge difference between the Marvel universe and the DC universe and the characters that own it. "
David Harewood
You
Universe
Reading
" 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
" Fatherhood is a joy. I feel very lucky to have a family. It gives you a perspective on things. "
David Harewood
Joy
You
Perspective
" 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
" 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 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
" Let's just say I like acting, but not necessarily all the stuff that comes with it. "
David Harewood
Just
Like
Say