--- title: "Best Michael Ealy Sayings" description: "Michael David Brown, known professionally as Michael Ealy, is an American actor. Browse 83 Michael Ealy quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-michael-ealy-8211.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Michael Ealy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-michael-ealy-8211.jpg) # Michael Ealy (1973) Actor United States **83** quotes in **459** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Michael Ealy is an actor from the United States, best known for *Fun Beginning Puzzles for Kids Book 2*. ## Quick Facts About Michael Ealy Born August 3, 1973 Nationality United States Profession Actor Notable works Fun Beginning Puzzles for Kids Book 2 ## About Michael Ealy Michael David Brown, known professionally as Michael Ealy, is an American actor. He is known for his roles in Barbershop (2002), 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), Takers (2010), Think Like a Man (2012), About Last Night (2014), Think Like a Man Too (2014), The Perfect Guy (2015), and The Intruder (2019). Ealy also portrayed two detectives on two TV shows: Stumptown (2019) and Power Book II: Ghost (2024); the latter during its fourth and final season. ## Quotes by Michael Ealy · Page 3 > [What is a human-like droid that operates from a place of free will and has been designed to have a soul? That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ealy/what-is-a-human-like-droid-that-operates-from-a-place-of-free-will/) [Michael Ealy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ealy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/048/michael-ealy-8211_done_what-is-a-human-like-droid-that-operates_2689682.jpg) > [When I was in college I was an English major and my last year or so I tutored high school students in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ealy/when-i-was-in-college-i-was-an-english-major-and-my-last-year-or-so-i/) [Michael Ealy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ealy/) [Acting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acting/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/774/michael-ealy-8211_acting_when-i-was-in-college-i-was-an-english-m_2912996.jpg) > [I would love to direct but I feel like directing is a whole separate craft and so I tend to respect it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ealy/i-would-love-to-direct-but-i-feel-like-directing-is-a-whole-separate/) [Michael Ealy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ealy/) [Actor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71e/michael-ealy-8211_actor_i-would-love-to-direct-but-i-feel-like-d_2139746.png) ## Michael Ealy by topic [Actor (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor/michael-ealy/) [Theatre (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/theatre/michael-ealy/) [People (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/michael-ealy/) [Acting (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acting/michael-ealy/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ealy/#itemlist", "name": "Michael Ealy Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What is a human-like droid that operates from a place of free will and has been designed to have a soul? 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