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You have to appreciate things in a different way when you know the clock is ticking, you are under tension

Chadwick Boseman

One of the first things I was taught as an actor was, ‘Don’t judge the character.’
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Actor Character Judgment
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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Choose Difference Hero Hurt Movie People Power Selfish Villain
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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Dreansm Shoot Movie Role Script Television Time
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
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
There’s nothing more painful than your abdomen growling.
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Growth Pain
As a director, it is important to understand the actor’s process.
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Actor Director Movie Process
I can’t even imagine something being more fun than playing James Brown onstage.
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Fun Imagination Movie Play
Life is too short, there is no guarantee how much do you live, Live your Life.
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Guarantee Life Live
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
As an African-American actor, a lot of our stories haven’t been told.
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Actor Country Movie Story
Today, we don’t fight for just one life, we fight for all of them.
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Fight Justice Life
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
You have to cherish things in a different way when you know the clock is ticking, you are under pressure.
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Cherish Clock Inspirational Memories Pressure
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

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