| "I am on the quest for truth in a society that is primarily built on lies," he said. "These days books are my best friends - they have better things to say.
My roof is my favorite place in Los Angeles [where he currently resides] and I love to read and lay in the sun naked. But Hawaii remains my favorite place in the world."
Patrick, born in Bath, England, is truly multi-racial with a bloodline that includes Cherokee, Jamaican, Cuban, English, Irish and French. A former member of the popular boy band "Worlds Apart," he was discovered by the irascible Simon Cowell of American Idol.
As he puts it, "I fell in love with acting and had dreams of following in the footsteps of my idol - Bruce Lee." An impossible dream? Perhaps just the opposite, considering the fact that Patrick is a 2nd Degree Black Belt and former Heavy Weight British Tae Kwon Do champion.
"People often want to know about my love life and I tell them that I am so in love with truth that God is first," he said. "God and truth mean the same thing so I have become in love with God.
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In terms of my ethnicity, the truth about race is that we all came from Africa and we were once all black - we lightened up and were mixed around but the root of the human race is black. It's clear to me that we will return to pigment again if we wish to survive the hotter years to come.
Global warning has been at a constant increase for the last 20 years - what does that tell you? The light/heat/sun/God is coming strong."
This hardworking actor has found success in television and the silver screen, appearing in numerous commercials and feature films like Adrian and Dirty Laundry while guest starring on TV shows that include CSI Miami, My Wife and Kids and Beyond the Break.
But it was upon his capturing roles on two highly-successful daytime soap operas, All My Children and Days of Our Lives, that American's love affair with Patrick began, making him both a household name and face.
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| "All My Children wasn't inspiring to me nor was I paid all that well either," he adds. "I had to fly back and forth to New York City and I had to deal with really high apartment expenses. Plus it added a great deal of stress to my life.
I didn't want to stay on a show that wasn't paying well and was stressing me out with the travel only to do a few lines or a scene behind a bar as the token black character. I followed my spirit and being inspired means being "In Spirit." I simply was not inspired. In terms of One Life to Live, I'm not really sure what happened there. The soaps are known for letting actors go quite easily - there's no real loyalty in show business and it's not very ethical either.
"I am sure that my posing for Playgirl or dancing had something to do with it. Someone must have had a moral issue with it, but I loved the release because for me it was a sign for me to begin the next chapter of my life. This journey we are on called life needs to have plenty of change and color. So while my fans and friends may have been concerned, I was actually happy."
Patrick may have been pleased, but clearly his producers were not. He says that his contract with Playgirl called for no full frontal nudity - a stipulation that was obviously violated if you have seen the layout.
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But he remains behind his decision to appear in the magazine and says he has found solace in the way his fans reacted.
"My fans loved it [the photo spread] - Days obviously didn't," he said. "Even though we are born naked on the planet in our birthday suits, people cover up in shame due to mind games and to block thoughts and projections.
I didn't actually chose to go full front nude based on the contract but when the pictures came out I knew I had been violated in terms of breech. But Playgirl then went out of publication so there was no point in crying over it. As I said earlier, the fans loved it so I figured if Pamela Anderson can have a career with all her goods all over the walls of garages, so can I."
Patrick appears to be a man who has no "shame in his game" and is always looking for greater challenges to conquer. He was recently tagged to star as a black super hero in a feature film by the world-renowned science fiction writer and animator Stan Lee but the project has since been put on hold.
"This is Hollywood and investors fall through or delay," he said. "The economy is making things tough for all of us but in the mean time, I am traveling the world so I can live and learn.
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