David Harewood Quotes
When I think about my children and how different their futures might be as a result of climate change, it makes me determined to do something about it.
Art is all about the experience. I could say I dont really relate to opera, but then you watch Placido Domingo, and you go, Blimey, look at that.
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.
I grew up in Birmingham, but my parents are originally from Barbados. My dad, Romeo, was a long-distance lorry driver, and my mother, Mayleen, worked in catering.
Fatherhood is a joy. I feel very lucky to have a family. It gives you a perspective on things.
Forget fashion, dress for comfort and for ease of getting through security, so no hats, belts or unnecessary accessories.
Working at the National Theatre is just wonderful. There is no place like the South Bank on a summer's afternoon.
New York is vibrant, sexy, naughty, always surprising, and has great live music and great fashion.
For all its problems, I found South Africa a beautiful country, interesting and inspiring.
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.
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.
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.
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.