The breadth of work that’s possible is wider and deeper for someone who looks like me in the States than it is in the U.K. Lennie James Read Quote
One of the things I learnt over the years is that there is a craft to writing, like there is a craft to acting. I hadn’t done my apprenticeship as a writer. I did try to be a writer for hire but I’m not any good at it. Lennie James Read Quote
I’m part of that generation that grew up watching TV, and being an actor was all about being on TV or being in films. Lennie James Read Quote
When I was growing up and watching ‘The Sweeney,’ the notion of police officers being an inch away from the villains that they’re chasing was commonplace. Lennie James Read Quote
I particular enjoy the crime writer, Walter Ellis Mosley. He does a series of Chandler-esque detective stories. Lennie James Read Quote
I’d really like to go Sydney. I’ve been to Australia a few times, but I have never been there. Lennie James Read Quote
I was focused on either being a social worker or physiotherapist. That was the direction I was going until I met a girl who wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to be close to the girl, so I followed her into an audition. Lennie James Read Quote
The fact that I lost my mum was horrible, and if I could change anything, I would definitely change that. Lennie James Read Quote
In the kids’ home I was in, there was very little change of staff. People stuck around, and they stuck around because they were being paid enough to stay there and raise their families. If you’re not supporting the people looking after the kids, you’re not supporting the kids, and you might as well chuck them all in the bin. Lennie James Read Quote
