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Chadwick Boseman

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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Class Couple Dance Music Person
I might have had too many friends in my twenties.
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Friendship Past
I often write scripts to instrumentals like a hip-hop artist. Music inspires me to write.
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Artist Instrument Music Script Writing
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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Ability Attain God Life Satisfaction
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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Actor Actress Black Lives Matter Industry Work
A superhero movie is only as great as its villains.
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Hero Movie Villain
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
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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Choose Difference Hero Hurt Movie People Power Selfish Villain
Today, we don’t fight for just one life, we fight for all of them.
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Fight Justice Life
I’m not so keen on letting my car drive itself.
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Car Drive
We live in a world where people can ridicule you at the push of the button. They can question you at the push of a button.
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Button Live People Push Question World
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
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
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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Acting Applause Approve Audience Love Number Ocean People Realize Rule Truth
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
Some states spend more $$ on prisons than on colleges. We have to make a change.
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Change College Country Prison State Vote

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