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As an African-American actor, a lot of our stories haven’t been told.

Chadwick Boseman

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
You have to appreciate things in a different way when you know the clock is ticking, you are under tension
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Appreciation Clock Different Tension
I don’t have a smart house. My house is very dumb.
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Dumb House Smart
If we don’t learn from the mistakes of the past, we are doomed to repeat them in the future.
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Future Inspirational Mistake Past Repeat
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 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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Love Need People Realize
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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Career Decision Discipline Finding History Inspirational Job Planet Purpose
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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Ability Baseball Bone Explosive Movement Muscle Player Strength Stress Training
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
As a director, it is important to understand the actor’s process.
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Actor Director Movie Process
When it comes down to it, I’d rather have an action figure than a Golden Globe.
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Action Figure Movie
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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Dreansm Shoot Movie Role Script Television Time
I am not a huge fan of surprises.
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Fan Surprise
One of the first things I was taught as an actor was, ‘Don’t judge the character.’
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Actor Character Judgment
When you play characters, you shouldn’t just be putting on their characteristics – you should be finding it inside yourself.
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Character Characteristics Finding Movie Play Yourself
Rise up. Register. Let your voice be heard.
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Justice Register Voice

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