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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.

Chadwick Boseman

As a director, it is important to understand the actor’s process.
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Actor Director Movie Process
As an African-American actor, a lot of our stories haven’t been told.
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Actor Country Movie Story
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
Girls like dudes that are overweight.
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Dude Girl Weight
They should probably have a James Brown aerobic tape. You would lose a lot of weight.
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Probable Weigh Loss
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
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
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 can definitely dance, but pedestrian dancing.
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Dance Definitely
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
When you’re doing a character, you want to know the full landscape. You want to know them spiritually, mentally and physically.
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Character Landscape Mental Movie Physical Spiritual
We came. We saw. We conquered.
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One Liner Team Work Togetherness
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
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
The struggles along the way are only meant to shape you for your purpose.
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Inspirational Purpose Shape Struggle
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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Movie Painting Person Show

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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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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