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Chadwick Boseman

I think there’s a difference between a working actor, a movie star and a celebrity. They’re all three different things.
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When you play characters, you shouldn’t just be putting on their characteristics – you should be finding it inside yourself.
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You have to cherish things in a different way when you know the clock is ticking, you are under pressure.
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I am not a huge fan of surprises.
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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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As a director, it is important to understand the actor’s process.
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When I attain before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of ability left, and could say, ‘I used everything You gave me.
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Girls like dudes that are overweight.
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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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Each movie you do about a real person is like a painting, and you choose certain things in the painting that you want to pull out and you want to show.
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Education is a gateway to broadening perceptions, fighting stereotypes, and creating parity in this world.
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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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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 beautiful city with incredible people. My thoughts are with you, Berlin.
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As an African-American actor, a lot of our stories haven’t been told.
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Nobody has to give me permission to write.
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When you are deciding on next steps, next jobs, next careers, further education, you should rather find purpose than a job or a career,” he said at the time. “Purpose crosses disciplines. Purpose is an essential element of you. It is the reason you are on the planet at this particular time in history.
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They should probably have a James Brown aerobic tape. You would lose a lot of weight.
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People have said, ‘You don’t need to do any more biopics. You don’t need to play any more real people.’ I don’t agree with that.
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One of the first things I was taught as an actor was, ‘Don’t judge the character.’
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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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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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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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The only difference between a hero and the villain is that the villain chooses to use that power in a way that is selfish and hurts other people.
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Been blessed to work with many strong, beautiful women.
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In times of crisis, the wise build bridges while the foolish barriers.
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There’s nothing more painful than your abdomen growling.
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