Let the ways of love be the ways of man.
CHADWICK BOSEMANSometimes 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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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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I would love to play Jimi Hendrix.
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For all the claims that we now live in a society free of racism, the tragedies that presently overwhelm us are a stiff dose of reality.
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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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People don’t want to experience change; they just want to wake up, and it’s different.
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Colonialism is the cousin of slavery.
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If Love is too much to ask, at least Respect everyone, regardless of race, creed, sexual preference, bloodline, criminal history, power, or position.
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Been blessed to work with many strong, beautiful women.
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As an African-American actor, a lot of our stories haven’t been told.
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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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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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We let the fear of discovery stop us from doing what is right.
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As a director, it is important to understand the actor’s process.
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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.
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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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Understanding our history is one of many ways to break the cycle of racial injustice in this country.
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They should probably have a James Brown aerobic tape. You would lose a lot of weight.
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One of the first things I was taught as an actor was, ‘Don’t judge the character.’
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I’m not afraid to work.
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There’s nothing more painful than your abdomen growling.
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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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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.
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A beautiful city with incredible people. My thoughts are with you, Berlin.
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The rise of the women is the rise of the nation.
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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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