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Don Cheadle
Don Cheadle
American Actor
Born: Nov 29, 1964
About Been Black People Think You
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I also believe that you are what you have to defend, and if you're a black man that's always going to be the bar against which you are judged, whether you want to align yourself with those themes or not. You can think of yourself as a colourless person, but nobody else is gonna. Don Cheadle
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I used to record but just in my own studio or in my friend's back when I toyed with the idea of being a rapper. Don Cheadle
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President Obama inherited a broken country mired in two wars, a financial crisis, a mortgage mess and more than we all probably even know about and has in my opinion brought us back from the brink. But I still see my friends in no better shape and the gap widening. Don Cheadle
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It's great to be in a film that's able to have people really want to become socially conscious, to walk out of the theatre and want to do something. Don Cheadle
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The fun for me is to mix it all up. I would actually like to do something as far away from what I've just done, just for my own personal joy and growth, for what I want to do. Don Cheadle
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But I think it's intoxicating when somebody is so unapologetically who they are. Don Cheadle
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I've been doing this since I was 10 years old, inhabiting different people and playing different roles. Don Cheadle
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So often when Black men have to play roles on TV, we're either the noble savage or we're completely a savage, and there's no nuance. Don Cheadle
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We're always trailing, as far as the amount of roles that are written for us and the films that are being made that have black characters in them. I don't know if that's going to change. Don Cheadle
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No, it's not comfortable; I hate watching myself. You don't like when you hear your voice on your voicemail; imagine having to see yourself 30 feet wide and 30 feet big. Don Cheadle
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I want to be a part of great things. Don Cheadle
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If people in this country think of Africa as a place with kids and flies swarming around their heads, then they won't understand that these people are you and you are them. Don Cheadle
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I've never been a part of a film before that offers such a platform into real issues, that raises social awareness and has the potential to change things. Don Cheadle
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Now is a good time, 10 years ago would have been a good time, and 10 years from now it will still be a good time to see a dynamic, entertaining movie that's wall-to-wall Miles Davis where the music will hopefully spark some desire to know more about the man. Don Cheadle
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We're trying to do what Miles Davis would have wanted us to do, which is approach it as artists with his life as the canvas. Don Cheadle
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I prefer film to TV because of the amount of time film affords you that TV doesn't (though theater is probably my favorite and the scariest place of all). Don Cheadle
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For me, it's always just been about finding material that I think is creative and interesting and fun and something that can expand me and that I can hopefully do something with. Don Cheadle
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I think if you were to look at my resume in total you would see a lot of things that are kind of all over the map. Don Cheadle
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The process changes slightly from role to role. Obviously, there are different things you're called on to do. You're not digging deep for Basher Tarr like I was for Paul Rusesabagina, but at the end of the day it's still all make-believe and you still are trying as realistically as you can to depict these characters. Don Cheadle
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I want to see somebody go to jail over the financial crisis and not just black, brown and poor whites over humbles and minor drug beefs. Don Cheadle
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