When you play characters, you shouldn’t just be putting on their characteristics – you should be finding it inside yourself.

When you play characters, you shouldn’t just be putting on their characteristics – you should be finding it inside yourself.

Chadwick Boseman

I'm not a star!!! A star is nothing but a ball of gas!!!

I'm not a star!!! A star is nothing but a ball of gas!!!

So much time is wasted on trying to be better than others.

So much time is wasted on trying to be better than others.

In the absence of love, there is nothing worth fighting for.

In the absence of love, there is nothing worth fighting for.

On a superficial level, I like girls with dark hair - I'm a sucker for that.

On a superficial level, I like girls with dark hair - I'm a sucker for that.

I never wanted to be in a band because I love music too much to mess it up.

I never wanted to be in a band because I love music too much to mess it up.

My God! Middle Earth does exist!

My God! Middle Earth does exist!

Dream the impossible because dreams do come true.

Dream the impossible because dreams do come true.

When it comes down to it, I’d rather have an action figure than a Golden Globe.

When it comes down to it, I’d rather have an action figure than a Golden Globe.

When you pray for something, it can actually happen and that is powerful.

When you pray for something, it can actually happen and that is powerful.

I just think people have been very gracious and welcoming me on set, and even offset.

I just think people have been very gracious and welcoming me on set, and even offset.

I think the most stressful time of my life was when I was in New York, and I didn’t have money to pay my rent.

I think the most stressful time of my life was when I was in New York, and I didn’t have money to pay my rent.

I don’t read reviews, but I do get feedback from my peers and people I know, like other actors and directors and producers.

I don’t read reviews, but I do get feedback from my peers and people I know, like other actors and directors and producers.

The best advice about getting older? Just be thankful you’re not dead.

The best advice about getting older? Just be thankful you’re not dead.

I got scars from every film I’ve done, every TV show.

I got scars from every film I’ve done, every TV show.

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

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

“I’m not afraid to work.

“I’m not afraid to work.

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

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

There’s nothing more stressful than your stomach growling.

There’s nothing more stressful than your stomach growling.