Chadwick Boseman
Chadwick Boseman
Chadwick Aaron Boseman is an American actor. He is known for portraying Jackie Robinson in 42, James Brown in Get on Upand T'Challa in the Marvel Studios film Captain America: Civil War. He also had roles in the television series Lincoln Heightsand Persons Unknown, and the films The Expressand Draft Day. He will reprise his Marvel role in Black Panther, scheduled for a 2018 release...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth29 November 1976
CityAnderson, SC
CountryUnited States of America
I would love to play Jimi Hendrix.
I just think people have been very gracious and welcoming me on set, and even off set.
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.
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 but also figure out savvy ways of giving it back.
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.
I wasn't a comic book geek as a kid. I read some, but it was just like, "Oh, I have this comic book here." It wasn't like I was collecting them.
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 there's always a buzzing beneath you.
You have to cherish things in a different way when you know the clock is ticking, you are under pressure.
I'm an artist. Artists don't need permission to work. Regardless of whether I'm acting or not, I write. I write when I'm tired in fact, because I believe your most pure thoughts surface.
As an African-American actor, a lot of our stories haven't been told.
As a director, it is important to understand the actor's process.
I think there's a difference between a working actor, a movie star and a celebrity. They're all three different things.
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.
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.