Quotes by Chadwick Boseman

About Chadwick Boseman:

Chadwick Aaron Boseman is an American actor, screenwriter, and playwright. He is best known for portraying Jackie Robinson in 42 (2013) and James Brown in Get on Up (2014). He also had roles in the television series Lincoln Heights (2008) and Persons Unknown (2010), and the films The Express (2008) and Draft Day (2014). He is set to play Black Panther in the films Captain America: Civil War, scheduled for release in 2016, and Black Panther, scheduled for 2018.
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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.

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Some people would view Jackie Robinson as a very safe African-American, a docile figure who had a tendency to try to get along with everyone, and when you look at his history, you learn that he has this fire that allows him to take this punishment bu...

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I love all types of music. Jazz, classical, blues, rock, hip-hop. I often write scripts to instrumentals like a hip-hop artist. Music inspires me to write. It's either music playing or completely silent. Sometimes distant sound fuels you. In New York...

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I would love to play Jimi Hendrix.

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Every year, Hollywood is looking for that new, white leading man and new white starlet that audiences fall in love with. But they're not looking for the next Denzel Washington, Will Smith or Sidney Poitier.

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I started out as a writer and a director. I started acting because I wanted to know how to relate to the actors. When people ask me what I do, I don't really say that I'm an actor, because actors often wait for someone to give them roles.

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People have said, 'You don't need to do any more biopics. You don't need to play any more real people.' I don't agree with that.

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As an African-American actor, a lot of our stories haven't been told.

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I know that baseball players have certain rituals or habits that they develop, because sometimes it becomes somewhat superstitious if they get on a streak and want to do the same thing over and over again.

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As a director, it is important to understand the actor's process.

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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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Guys are natural problem solvers - they like to have strategies.

Chadwick Boseman

When you're doing a character, you want to know the full landscape. You want to know them spiritually, mentally and physically.

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In TV, you're basically shooting an episode in 10 to 14 days; 14 days is a luxury situation. And in film, you have anywhere from a month to three months, or it can be even longer than that, depending on what the production is.

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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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I think there's a difference between a working actor, a movie star and a celebrity. They're all three different things.

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In television you don't have a lot of time to spend with the role or the script. Typically you get a script a week prior to shooting. Sometimes it's even less time, not enough time to dream about the role.

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I majored in directing. However, I did spend some time at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, so I am somewhat well-versed in African Studies.

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When I met Rachel Robinson for the first time, she is a regal woman, and she was like a grandmother in that first meeting.

Chadwick Boseman

I played Little League baseball, but I also played basketball. Basketball was my primary sport. When you play basketball seriously, a lot of times, through the summer season, you continue playing. So that replaced me playing baseball.

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Author Bio

  • NameChadwick Boseman
  • DescriptionAmerican actor
  • Born1982
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionScreenwriter; Actor; Playwright