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.
CHADWICK BOSEMANI think you realize how much you need to have people that you love. It’s not as much about them loving you – it’s about you needing to love people.
More Chadwick Boseman Quotes
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You think you can’t change the world? You can.
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Guys are natural problem solvers – they like to have strategies.
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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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Girls like dudes that are overweight.
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I’m not afraid to work.
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As an African-American actor, a lot of our stories haven’t been told.
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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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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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Colonialism is the cousin of slavery.
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As a director, it is important to understand the actor’s process.
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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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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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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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If we don’t learn from the mistakes of the past, we are doomed to repeat them in the future.
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I can’t even imagine something being more fun than playing James Brown onstage.
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