Understanding our history is one of many ways to break the cycle of racial injustice in this country.
CHADWICK BOSEMANAs an African-American actor, a lot of our stories haven’t been told.
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I wasn’t a comic book geek as a kid. I read some, but it was just like, ‘Oh, I have this comic book here.’ It wasn’t like I was collecting them.
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I’d taken, like, maybe some African dance classes a couple of times, but I wasn’t a musical theater person at all.
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In television you don’t have a lot of time to spend with the role or the script. Typically you get a script a week prior to shooting. Sometimes it’s even less time, not enough time to dream about the role.
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I got scars from every film I’ve done, every TV show.
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Baseball players need strength but also the ability to make fast-paced, explosive movements, so their training is all about strengthening the tendons around the bone and the joint so you don’t tear the muscles from the bones.
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I would love to have an ocean of love right now. That said, the number-one rule of acting is, ‘Do not seek approval from the audience.’ People don’t realize that. You can’t do stuff to get applause. You have to live in the truth.
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I can definitely dance, but pedestrian dancing.
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You have to appreciate things in a different way when you know the clock is ticking, you are under tension
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Been blessed to work with many strong, beautiful women.
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We let the fear of discovery stop us from doing what is right.
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We came. We saw. We conquered.
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Let the ways of love be the ways of man.
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Nobody has to give me permission to write.
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The struggles along the way are only meant to shape you for your purpose.
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The industry looks for white actors and actresses, but it’s not the same for black actors. We have to really put the work in.
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Today, we don’t fight for just one life, we fight for all of them.
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I don’t have a smart house. My house is very dumb.
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I’m not really interested in being a superhero. That’s not a box I’ve been trying to check off.
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I think you realize how much you need to have people that you love. It’s not as much about them loving you – it’s about you needing to love people.
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For all the claims that we now live in a society free of racism, the tragedies that presently overwhelm us are a stiff dose of reality.
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I am not a huge fan of surprises.
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Education is a gateway to broadening perceptions, fighting stereotypes, and creating parity in this world.
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In my culture, death is not the end, it’s more of a stepping off point.
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I have skills like a panther, and I am going to change my destiny with it.
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In dark hours, true leaders rise.
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I’m an artist. Artists don’t need permission to work. Regardless of whether I’m acting or not, I write. I write when I’m tired in fact, because I believe your most pure thoughts surface.
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