The world, today (Saturday, August 29, 2020) woke-up to the news of Hollywood actor, Chadwick Boseman‘s demise.
Eelive.ng had reported that the Black Panther star passed away after a four-year battle with colon cancer.
He died at his home in Los Angeles, with his wife and family by his side
Below are some of his quotes:
- 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.
- 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.
- The only difference between a hero and the villain is that the villain chooses to use that power in a way that is selfish and hurts other people.
- Guys are natural problem solvers – they like to have strategies.
- When you’re doing a character, you want to know the full landscape. You want to know them spiritually, mentally, and physically.
- You have to cherish things in a different way when you know the clock is ticking, you are under pressure.
- As an African-American actor, a lot of our stories haven’t been told.
- When you play characters, you shouldn’t just be putting on their characteristics – you should be finding it inside yourself.
- I like ambiguity because you may be the villain in someone else’s story and the hero in your own, and I think very often, African-American characters are either one thing or the other. You shouldn’t have to be perfectly good or perfectly bad. You don’t even have to be magical.
- We live in a world where people can ridicule you at the push of the button. They can question you at the push of a button.