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Chadwick Boseman

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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You think you can’t change the world? You can.
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Believe Change Inspirational World
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
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
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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Gender Equality. Start from the top. Dare to put a woman in power.
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Dare Equality Gender Women Empowerment Women Power
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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Politics Position Right Safe Time
We came. We saw. We conquered.
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One Liner Team Work Togetherness
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.
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Ability Baseball Bone Explosive Movement Muscle Player Strength Stress Training
As an African-American actor, a lot of our stories haven’t been told.
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Actor Country Movie Story
In dark hours, true leaders rise.
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Darkness Inspirational Leadership One Liner Rise
In times of crisis, the wise build bridges while the foolish barriers.
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I think there’s a difference between a working actor, a movie star and a celebrity. They’re all three different things.
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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
Nobody has to give me permission to write.
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One Liner Permission Writing
A beautiful city with incredible people. My thoughts are with you, Berlin.
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City Incredible People Thankful
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
I’m not afraid to work.
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Afraid Inspirational Work
Life is too short, there is no guarantee how much do you live, Live your Life.
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Guarantee Life Live
Been blessed to work with many strong, beautiful women.
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Blessing Movie Strong Women Work
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
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
People have said, ‘You don’t need to do any more biopics. You don’t need to play any more real people.’ I don’t agree with that.
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Agree Biography Need People Real
A superhero movie is only as great as its villains.
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Hero Movie 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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Acting Applause Approve Audience Love Number Ocean People Realize Rule Truth
As a director, it is important to understand the actor’s process.
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I would love to play Jimi Hendrix.
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