My Kingston – Paul Campbell
What are your earliest memories of Kingston?
Attending St Michael’s Primary School, Christmas mornings and downtown Kingston on a Saturday at midday.
What do you miss when you are not in Kingston?
The nightlife, food, dancing and entertainment.
What are your favourite home comforts?
Music, painting and family.
What would you do if you were mayor (of Kingston) for a day?
As mayor of Kingston, I would see how best I could provide the people of Kingston and the rest of the island with their own national transportation.
And the name of the last book you read?
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
What’s your middle name?
George Anthony
What’s the last bit of music that stirred your soul?
Cavatina by John Williams
What was your last bit of retail therapy?
Chiwara and Dan mask from an African store in Los Angeles while shooting the film Out The Gate.
Which cologne are you currently splashing?
I mostly use Patchouli body oil and D&G cologne.
What is your preferred beverage?
Beer
What was your most memorable meal in Kingston?
Stew Peas at Courtney Walsh’s restaurant, Cuddyz.
What are your current projects?
Machete Joe (presently on Film Festival Circuit), Out The Gate and Heart of the Summer, which are both slated to be released later this summer, 20-city tour of my one-man show entitled Life & Times of A Jamaican Actor, which will be in the fall/winter season, and possibly reuniting with Chris Browne in his production, Ghettalife — out this summer.
What upsets you?
Poverty!
Name the last three places visited on holidays.
Toronto, London, Cannes.
Share some places in your black book.
Negril, Portland and Discovery Bay.
What’s your advice to a first-time visitor to Kingston?
Check out the National Gallery and the pulsating nightlife, and make friends with someone who knows the city well.
What’s your philosophy?
“To thine own self be true.”