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Chadwick Boseman

American Actor

Born: 1982

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I would love to have an ocean of love right now. That said, the number-one rule of acting is, 'Do not seek approval from the audience.' People don't realize that. You can't do stuff to get applause. You have to live in the truth. Chadwick Boseman

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I'm from Anderson, S.C., but I grew up in the South. So I know what it is to ride to school and have Confederate flags flying from trucks in front of me and behind me, to see a parking lot full of people with Confederate flags and know what that means. I've been stopped by police for no reason. Chadwick Boseman

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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 a movie star,' or anything like that. Chadwick Boseman

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Even after I became involved in theater and involved in TV and film, I had this sort of idea that Hollywood was off limits. There was something about L.A., the mystique of it and fear of it. Chadwick Boseman

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When it comes down to it, I'd rather have an action figure than a Golden Globe. Chadwick Boseman

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One of the first things I was taught as an actor was, 'Don't judge the character.' 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 able to say that you did something that was a challenge and that changed you. Chadwick Boseman

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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. Chadwick Boseman

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When they call you and say, 'So you want to play 'Black Panther?'' if you know what 'Black Panther' is, there's no way in the world you're going to say no because there's a lot of opportunity for magic to happen. Chadwick Boseman

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I might have had too many friends in my twenties. Chadwick Boseman

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Once you start getting big roles as an actor, everything pays. So what are you making decisions on? It's about the director or the script or whatever. But before you reach that point, you're taking jobs with, say, a theater company, in spite of the fact that it's not paying your bills. Chadwick Boseman

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I'm not really interested in being a superhero. That's not a box I've been trying to check off. Chadwick Boseman

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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. Chadwick Boseman

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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. Chadwick Boseman

I got scars from every film I've done, every TV show. Chadwick Boseman

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I studied at Howard. I studied at Oxford. Chadwick Boseman

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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 up with who's ahead in a division and everything that's going on. Chadwick Boseman

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

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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. Chadwick Boseman

People of African descent, most of us grew up accepting and loving Spider-Man. I still love Spider-Man. I still love the Incredible Hulk. I still have those characters that were white role models, superheroes, heroes - whatever you want to call it. You basically had no choice but to accept those. Chadwick Boseman

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