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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.

Chadwick Boseman

Sometimes when you’re acting, you only need a little bit of something to sort of channel or, you know, transport into a place.
CHADWICK BOSEMAN

Acting Channel Place Tranportat
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.
CHADWICK BOSEMAN

Acting Applause Approve Audience Love Number Ocean People Realize Rule Truth
You’re not free unless you can show the good and the bad, all sides of them. So to me, when I play a character, it’s important that I can show every aspect of them.
CHADWICK BOSEMAN

Aspect Bad Character Freedom Goodness Important
When you play characters, you shouldn’t just be putting on their characteristics – you should be finding it inside yourself.
CHADWICK BOSEMAN

Character Characteristics Finding Movie Play Yourself
I was raised in a sort of village. I have a huge family, and I think there is strength in that. It helped me to deal with some of the complications of living in the South because I always felt like I belonged, no matter what.
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Complication Family Life Strength Village
When it comes down to it, I’d rather have an action figure than a Golden Globe.
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Action Figure Movie
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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Box Check Hero Interest Try
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.
CHADWICK BOSEMAN

Actor Actress Black Lives Matter Industry Work
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.
CHADWICK BOSEMAN

Dreansm Shoot Movie Role Script Television Time
I try to look at every role the same way, regardless of whether the character is real or the character is a fantasy. I always start from myself, because you have to know yourself first.
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Actor Character Fantasy Myself Regard Role Yourself
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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Book Comic Kids
They should probably have a James Brown aerobic tape. You would lose a lot of weight.
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Probable Weigh Loss
People don’t want to experience change; they just want to wake up, and it’s different.
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I would love to play Jimi Hendrix.
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Acting Movie Play
A beautiful city with incredible people. My thoughts are with you, Berlin.
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We came. We saw. We conquered.
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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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