41 Chadwick Boseman Quotes for You to Enjoy

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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Actors can have a fair amount of hate for each other, so when another actor says, 'You did your thing,' or 'That was inspiring,' you can't really ask for more than that. 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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