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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.

Chadwick Boseman

The projects that I end up doing, that I want to be involved with in any way, have always been projects that will be impactful, for the most part, to my people – to black people.
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Black Lives Matter Impact Involvement People Project
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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Acting Artist Believe Fact Permission Regard Surface Work Writing
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’m not afraid to work.
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Afraid Inspirational Work
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 can definitely dance, but pedestrian dancing.
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Dance Definitely
I got scars from every film I’ve done, every TV show.
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Film Scars Television
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
Rise up. Register. Let your voice be heard.
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Justice Register Voice
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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Aspect Bad Character Freedom Goodness Important
Been blessed to work with many strong, beautiful women.
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Blessing Movie Strong Women Work
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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Acting Channel Place Tranportat
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
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
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

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 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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