Nobody has to give me permission to write.
CHADWICK BOSEMANIn 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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There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.
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The best advice about getting older? Just be thankful you’re not dead!
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FBF to one of the most beautiful locations I’ve ever shot at.
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I’m not afraid to work.
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When it comes down to it, I’d rather have an action figure than a Golden Globe.
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Girls like dudes that are overweight.
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Some states spend more $$ on prisons than on colleges. We have to make a change.
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I have skills like a panther, and I am going to change my destiny with it.
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Guys are natural problem solvers – they like to have strategies.
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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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A superhero movie is only as great as its villains.
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I’m not so keen on letting my car drive itself.
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As a director, it is important to understand the actor’s process.
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Sometimes when you’re acting, you only need a little bit of something to sort of channel or, you know, transport into a place.
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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’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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Understanding our history is one of many ways to break the cycle of racial injustice in this country.
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I might have had too many friends in my twenties.
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The struggles along the way are only meant to shape you for your purpose.
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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.
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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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They should probably have a James Brown aerobic tape. You would lose a lot of weight.
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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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I don’t have a smart house. My house is very dumb.
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I am not a huge fan of surprises.
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I don’t read reviews, but I do get feedback from my peers and people I know, like other actors and directors and producers.
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