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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

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When I first played Othello, a reviewer absolutely slaughtered me.

~David Harewood

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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

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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

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Working with Olivia Colman has probably been the highlight of my career so far.

~David Harewood

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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

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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.

~David Harewood

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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

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We all have insecurities, but some of us are better at covering them up.

~David Harewood

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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

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Actor

Born: December 8th, 1965

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