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“The industry looks for white actors and actresses, but it's not the same for black actors. We have to really put the work in.”

Chadwick Boseman

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When you make movies, it's such an important period of time, when you look back at each one of them. You want to be…

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I watched movies, obviously, just like anybody else, but there was nothing to make me think, 'I'm going to go to L.A. and become…

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I'm the kind of guy who comes home and checks scores for everything. I'm a sports fan in general, so I pretty much keep…

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A superhero movie is only as great as its villains.

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It was a big thing for me to read black writers. 'Fences,' by August Wilson. James Baldwin's 'Amen Corner.' 'The Fire Next Time.' 'The…

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The projects that I end up doing, that I want to be involved with in any way, have always been projects that will be…

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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…

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You have to cherish things in a different way when you know the clock is ticking, you are under pressure.

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I studied at Howard. I studied at Oxford.

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Actors can have a fair amount of hate for each other, so when another actor says, 'You did your thing,' or 'That was inspiring,'…

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Sometimes when you're acting, you only need a little bit of something to sort of channel or, you know, transport into a place.

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There are some stories I want to tell that I think it'd be cool to see an African-American dude do.

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