Michael B. Jordan Quotes
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Independent film making is very collaborative. You feel like it's you, the director and other actors and you really feel like you have the final say. When you do the bigger films, the studio has to give the final thumbs up and they're usually not big on risk taking because they're trying to make money.
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I'm an athlete; I've got an ego when stunt doubles have to come in. Not an ego like that, but when it comes to physical stuff, if I didn't have to have a stunt double, I would always probably do it myself unless the producers were jumping in and stopping me.
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I was born and raised in the Bay Area. It's the place I got a deep, deep affection for.
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Father-daughter relationship, is something that I think is so unique and it can't really be explained unless you have a daughter.
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My forever mission is to take the best elements of both commercial and independent films and bring them together. I learned so much about the art of independent films and I have so much fun in commercial ones. I think that a mix of both is good.
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Acting I'll do forever, but I want to produce and stuff as well.
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I'm just looking forward to doing these videos with AXE. Doing more directing, collaborating with them, finding ways to kind of like tap into temptation with their market and their audience and mine and find cool, creative ways to get the brand out to people. And I think they're doing a really, really good job. So we've got some cool stuff coming up.
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In many ways for black actors there's been two leading guys: It's Will Smith vs. Denzel [Washington].
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Start producing, some writing, directing is definitely what I want to do and I'll be doing a lot more in the future as well.
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I was born with rhythm but I don't know if - I'm not a break dancer.
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I definitely want to direct. This is just another learning experience for me, to get a chance to hear the questions and concerns the directors have, some of their fears. It's a team sport. You have to give everybody what they need so they are able to perform at their best.
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I'm a comic book fan.
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I don't like speaking on things that I don't care about and that I'm not personally invested in.
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As I grow and get older, mature a bit, and work on my big boy voice a little bit, I definitely want to direct.
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[Kyle Chandler]definitely helped me out a lot, stepped up my game. Just like the volleying back and forth.
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I want people to leave the theater and think, "How can I be a better person?" That's the only way things are going to improve.
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I'm not saying no to anything, at least as far as reading scripts. I don't care if it's television or films but, personally, I would say I'd like to establish myself more in film.
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I'm pretty sure that wasn't Oscar's first time getting harassed or held-up by authorities. And over time you start to feel some type of way when you get pulled over. "Oh, I gotta go through this. Again."
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I really want to have a really, really strong, one-sided opinion on something, and be connected to it and tell that story. Until I find that thing or that topic or whatever it is, I don't want to direct.
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Honestly, I want to do films. I want to make that move from actor to producer, like Will Smith.
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I think everybody wants to be their own person and be an individual.
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Now I like to think that I'm in my character's head so much that I don't have to substitute. I'm in the moment; I'm living in the moment. And if it's genuine, it's real, and if it comes out it comes out.
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Be collaborative. I've had some of my best experiences with directors who were able to sit down and have a conversation and ask me what I thought.
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You substitute certain things from your own personal life to get you to that mental place and that emotional state. At that time [Brian Robbins] went for the home run, the grand slam [in "Hardball"].