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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 Boseman

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
The best advice about getting older? Just be thankful you’re not dead!
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Advice Birthday Dead Old
I often write scripts to instrumentals like a hip-hop artist. Music inspires me to write.
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Artist Instrument Music Script Writing
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
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
I’m not so keen on letting my car drive itself.
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Car Drive
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.
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Black Lives Matter Impact Involvement People Project
The rise of the women is the rise of the nation.
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Nation Rise Women Women Empowerment
If we don’t learn from the mistakes of the past, we are doomed to repeat them in the future.
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Future Inspirational Mistake Past Repeat
I was raised in a sort of village. I have a huge family, and I think there is strength in that. It helped me to deal with some of the complications of living in the South because I always felt like I belonged, no matter what.
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Complication Family Life Strength Village
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
Been blessed to work with many strong, beautiful women.
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Blessing Movie Strong Women Work
I would love to play Jimi Hendrix.
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Acting Movie Play
The struggles along the way are only meant to shape you for your purpose.
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Inspirational Purpose Shape Struggle
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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Button Live People Push Question World
Guys are natural problem solvers – they like to have strategies.
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Guy Natural Problem Solution Strategy

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