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.
CHADWICK BOSEMANBaseball 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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As a director, it is important to understand the actor’s process.
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If we don’t learn from the mistakes of the past, we are doomed to repeat them in the future.
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We let the fear of discovery stop us from doing what is right.
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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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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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You have to cherish things in a different way when you know the clock is ticking, you are under pressure.
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A superhero movie is only as great as its villains.
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I don’t have a smart house. My house is very dumb.
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In my culture, death is not the end, it’s more of a stepping off point.
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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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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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Some states spend more $$ on prisons than on colleges. We have to make a change.
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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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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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