Chadwick Boseman

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

I might have had too many friends in my twenties.

I'm not so keen on letting my car drive itself.

One of the first things I was taught as an actor was, 'Don't judge the character.'

I thought I would draw or paint or be an architect. I was always drawing portraits. My mom put me in art classes in the summer.

I try to look at every role the same way, regardless of whether the character is real or the character is a fantasy. I always start from myself, because you have to know yourself first.

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

There's nothing more stressful than your stomach growling. But interestingly enough, some of my best writing came when I was poor and hungry - living off water and oatmeal, mind clear.

I majored in directing. However, I did spend some time at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, so I am somewhat well-versed in African Studies.

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

As soon as I came to L.A., things immediately shifted for me. I was now actually here with the people who were making the decisions; I wasn't out in New York sending in tapes to L.A.

Actors can have a fair amount of hate for each other, so when another actor says, 'You did your thing,' or 'That was inspiring,' you can't really ask for more than that.

The industry looks for white actors and actresses, but it's not the same for black actors. We have to really put the work in.

The thing I love about Marvel in general is that they deal with people. They deal with the human being first: Who is inside the suit? Who is the person that obtained this power or this ability?

I was raised in a sort of village. I have a huge family, and I think there is strength in that. It helped me to deal with some of the complications of living in the South because I always felt like I belonged, no matter what.

I can't even imagine something being more fun than playing James Brown onstage.

There are some stories I want to tell that I think it'd be cool to see an African-American dude do.

I think there's a difference between a working actor, a movie star and a celebrity. They're all three different things.

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.

Each movie you do about a real person is like a painting, and you choose certain things in the painting that you want to pull out and you want to show.