Anthony Mackie Quotes

United States, Actor
September 23, 1978

Anthony Dwane Mackie (born September 23, 1978) is an American actor. He has been featured in feature films, television series, and Broadway and Off-Broadway plays, including Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Drowning Crow, McReele, A Soldier's Play, and Carl Hancock Rux's Talk, for which he won an Obie Award in 2002.

I just don't understand how people can get so caught up in having their picture taken.

Anthony Mackie
- People
- Up
- Taken
The choices that we make through our lives, the people who intersect us on our path kind of change what our fated destiny is. So some of us are lucky enough for the choices that we make to keep us on our path.

Anthony Mackie
- People
- Choices
- Path

The great thing about it is, in Hollywood, certain people are very good at keeping their lives and who they are very private. I've never met anybody as down to earth and cool in Hollywood than Matt Damon.

Anthony Mackie
- People
- Good
- Great
I like movies. Movies have afforded me a modicum of luxuries. The thing about the movies is, if you're bad in a movie, you're bad forever.

Anthony Mackie
- Bad
- Movie
- Forever
If you look at the true essence of the Black Panthers, they were more of a community protection group.

Anthony Mackie
- True
- Black
- Community
Most of my movies are indies. The best scripts I can find are independent films. But I love big-budget movies, I love craft services!

Anthony Mackie
- Independent
If everyone invested in the neighborhood they lived in, the United States would be a magical place.

Anthony Mackie
The stage is my first love.

Anthony Mackie