I was about to write that in the future I would chose my words more carefully but I'm sure I won't.
From Don Cheadle
But I think it's intoxicating when somebody is so unapologetically who they are.
I understand what's it like to work all week and on Friday night just want to go and leave your brain at the door, buy some popcorn and be thrilled by something.
So often when Black men have to play roles on TV, we're either the noble savage or we're completely a savage, and there's no nuance.
I imagine it was much different in the 1970s. That was the Renaissance for black actors, albeit in blaxploitation movies. There was a much greater preponderance of work then than there is now.
I also believe that you are what you have to defend, and if you're a black man that's always going to be the bar against which you are judged, whether you want to align yourself with those themes or not. You can think of yourself as a colourless person, but nobody else is gonna.
People have always been obsessed by celebrities. There are just more outlets and opportunities to make a living exploiting that obsession nowadays.
I've been doing this since I was 10 years old, inhabiting different people and playing different roles.
I want to be a part of great things.
I used to record but just in my own studio or in my friend's back when I toyed with the idea of being a rapper.
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