Cheo Hodari Coker

I'm a hip-hop showrunner.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

I don't see female characters as different or inferior to male characters.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

Human sexuality is not always about being labeled. It's about having a human moment, an emotion.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

I was a huge fan of comics: not necessarily 'Luke Cage.' I was more of an 'X-Men' head. I was always more…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

The thing about being black in a mostly white industry, particularly as a black male, is you can't lose your temper in…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

When you're writing about cops from the perspective of cops, that level of sarcasm about their job and how they treat people…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

One of my biggest influences, of course, is David Simon and his work on 'The Wire.'

— Cheo Hodari Coker

Bushmaster was such a great adversary, and Mustafa Shakir, just the way that he embodies him in terms of the power of…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

I'm not going to be one of those people who says, 'I'm a showrunner; I'm not a black showrunner.' I'm black when…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

This is a country that I love and that I believe in, but at the same time also believe that you should,…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

The thing is, so much of the African American experience is about the redefinition of roots because of slavery. We were uprooted,…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

I will always get a certain thrill of watching bullets bounce off Luke Cage.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

What Peter Jackson proved with 'Lord Of The Rings' movies is that you could make various changes, and you could pull things…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

Television has power.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

All black art is always judged to illuminate our experience and prove that our stories and our history and our lives matter.…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

People underestimate the complexity of comic books.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

You know, "Moonlight" deserves best picture [on Oscar]. What I mean by tarnished is the moment - being able to be in…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

The reason that Shaft has a dominant theme song is because James Bond has a dominant theme song.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

Honestly, what 'Luke Cage' is - it's a hip-hop Western. And you have Luke Cage as the sheriff of Harlem.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

Spike Lee is one of my biggest influences. What I love about Spike, other than he's just a fun guy to hang…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

I finally achieved my dream by being a TV showrunner.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

The reason I keep making so many musical metaphors with 'Luke Cage' is that I don't view it as much a television…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

One of my favorite comic books of all-time is the graphic novel 'God Loves, Man Kills.'

— Cheo Hodari Coker

I come from hip-hop - meaning that I don't mind if you come at me. In fact, I prefer it. But I…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

When you're a black superhero you can't erase the notion that you're black.

— Cheo Hodari Coker