In Their Own Words

It’s important that if you are going to make drama it has to speak to a modern, diverse audience and society - and to be bold with it [...] When I started there were hardly any [prominent British black actors] Now, there is a generation who don’t see a colour bar or a barrier to going off to Hollywood or the West End or The Royal Shakespeare Company; it is great that they feel so involved and we should encourage that.

David Harewood, British Actor, born 1965