It's not every day you get to be in a movie about Jackie Robinson, so you want to do it as right as you can.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Jackie Robinson is a true legend.
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.
Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.
I didn't think I'd ever be able to do movies. That was for serious actors.
I think anytime you can do something you haven't seen or done in a film before, it's always a great day as an actor.
That's the best thing about being an actor. If you're in a baseball movie, you walk away knowing way more about baseball, or if you're in a sci-fi film, you learn way more about Comic-Con, and so I loved all that.
Today you have something like A Film by Joe Harry. That is patently asinine and ridiculous.
Every time you do a movie, it's important for your career, your reputation.
I think that if you go about making movies to win Oscars, you're really going about it the wrong way.
Every time I look at my pocketbook, I see Jackie Robinson.