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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.

Chadwick Boseman

You think you can’t change the world? You can.
CHADWICK BOSEMAN

Believe Change Inspirational World
I can’t even imagine something being more fun than playing James Brown onstage.
CHADWICK BOSEMAN

Fun Imagination Movie Play
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.
CHADWICK BOSEMAN

Actor Character Fantasy Myself Regard Role Yourself
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
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
Today, we don’t fight for just one life, we fight for all of them.
CHADWICK BOSEMAN

Fight Justice Life
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

Acting Applause Approve Audience Love Number Ocean People Realize Rule Truth
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.
CHADWICK BOSEMAN

Ability Attain God Life Satisfaction
Life is too short, there is no guarantee how much do you live, Live your Life.
CHADWICK BOSEMAN

Guarantee Life Live
I’m not really interested in being a superhero. That’s not a box I’ve been trying to check off.
CHADWICK BOSEMAN

Box Check Hero Interest Try
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.
CHADWICK BOSEMAN

Movie Painting Person Show
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.
CHADWICK BOSEMAN

Black Lives Matter Impact Involvement People Project
The best advice about getting older? Just be thankful you’re not dead!
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Advice Birthday Dead Old
Understanding our history is one of many ways to break the cycle of racial injustice in this country. ⁣
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Break Country Cycle History Injustice Rasicm
One of the first things I was taught as an actor was, ‘Don’t judge the character.’
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Actor Character Judgment
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.
CHADWICK BOSEMAN

Ability Baseball Bone Explosive Movement Muscle Player Strength Stress Training

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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