and they gave me great opportunities. that reminds me of something that the black british actor david harewood has said. yes. that he found that when he went to america, opportunities, parts opened up to him that were never offered to him in the uk because uk casting directors, producers saw him in a particular way and that he was freed from that in america. yes. is that... are you're saying the same sort of thing? 100%. not about race but about class? class, ioo%. i went over to... when i went over to america, i was doing... i was doing ray donovan. and then, they asked me to play... they've just asked me to play john adams, for instance. and that's something that the british would never do. when i was first doing ajob in... when i was first in ray donovan, my agent called me. she said, "they're doing richard iii, the bbc, "and they're going to offer you a part." now, i played richard iii onstage, i toured and played richard iii. so, i thought, ok, i won't play

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