I would love to play Jimi Hendrix.
CHADWICK BOSEMANWhen you play characters, you shouldn’t just be putting on their characteristics – you should be finding it inside yourself.
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I don’t read reviews, but I do get feedback from my peers and people I know, like other actors and directors and producers.
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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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There’s nothing more painful than your abdomen growling.
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Education is a gateway to broadening perceptions, fighting stereotypes, and creating parity in this world.
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I am not a huge fan of surprises.
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I’m not really interested in being a superhero. That’s not a box I’ve been trying to check off.
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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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Gender Equality. Start from the top. Dare to put a woman in power.
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People don’t want to experience change; they just want to wake up, and it’s different.
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We came. We saw. We conquered.
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They should probably have a James Brown aerobic tape. You would lose a lot of weight.
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Girls like dudes that are overweight.
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I’m not so keen on letting my car drive itself.
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As a director, it is important to understand the actor’s process.
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In dark hours, true leaders rise.
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You think you can’t change the world? You can.
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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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Nobody has to give me permission to write.
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Understanding our history is one of many ways to break the cycle of racial injustice in this country.
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Colonialism is the cousin of slavery.
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I can’t even imagine something being more fun than playing James Brown onstage.
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There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.
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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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I think the most stressful time of my life was when I was in New York, and I didn’t have money to pay my rent.
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Guys are natural problem solvers – they like to have strategies.
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A beautiful city with incredible people. My thoughts are with you, Berlin.
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