I mean, we should only be talking about the merits of film ["Moonlight"] because one of the great things about the visual… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
I was just really happy to see Barry [Jenkins] and Mahershala [Ali] and everyone else involved with "Moonlight" get their moment. — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
You know, "Moonlight" deserves best picture [on Oscar]. What I mean by tarnished is the moment - being able to be in… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
I've just never seen a live event [like Oscar] where the emotional swings - it was just stunning.And it was interesting because,… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
One picture and one win cannot right a million wrongs. It's a step in the right direction.We have to get to a… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
My mom and dad met at U. Conn., and their lives couldn't have been more different in terms of their upbringing. — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share
I mean, we should only be talking about the merits of film ["Moonlight"] because one of the great things about the visual language is… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share
Harlem has always been the nexus of music, politics, culture, criminal figures. — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share
When you're a black superhero, you can't erase the notion that you're black. If you're black, living in the community, and you want to… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share
I always respected Luke Cage and thought that he was interesting, and I really liked what Brian Michael Bendis did in his update of… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share
Hip hop fans are obsessed, and they're geeks about hip hop. Comic book fans are also geeks, and when you can meld the two,… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share
I wanted Season 2 of Luke Cage to be Ice Cube's 'Death Certificate,' or Fugees' 'The Score,' or Public Enemy's 'It Takes a Nation… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share
I wanted Luke Cage to very much be an African American superhero rather than a superhero that happens to be black. I felt it… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share
The thing that all police officers decide when they wake up in the morning is that they're going home. — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share
It's important to for your kids to see themselves in their superheroes. Really, it's important for all of us. — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share
The Caribbean is such a rich place, and Jamaica, personally, is one of my favorite places in the world. I've been lucky to, on… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share
75%-90% of the murders that occur in black and Latino communities are solvable. Everybody knows who did it or somebody knows. The reason nobody… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share
Even though I'm not Jamaican, I've always loved Jamaican culture because, to me, it's the island of magic, it's the island of politics, of… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share
Fatherhood is something that is personal to me because I didn't grow up around my father. — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share
My era was '90s Carhartt-and-Timberlands hip-hop. That's my rock n' roll. — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share
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![“I've just never seen a live event [like Oscar] where the emotional swings - it was just stunning.And it was interesting because, on one hand, "Moonlight" is one of these, like, generational pictures that you wanted to see win. But at the same time, if "La La Land" had won, I completely understood.” quote by Cheo Hodari Coker](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/57e/cheo-hodari-coker-4014_emotional_i-ve-just-never-seen-a-live-event-like-o_2782908.jpg)
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