When I'm the person in front of the microphone, and I'm the person in the light, I want to reflect and refract the light onto places where they need the attention, where I don't need it. Don Cheadle More Quotes by Don Cheadle More Quotes From Don Cheadle I think it’s intoxicating when somebody is so unapologetically who they are. Don Cheadle thinking Every time I've learned something, I've realized there are a hundred more things I don't know about the thing I just learned. Don Cheadle ive-learnedhundredknows Living by example - that's always a better teacher than trying to preach. Don Cheadle exampletryingteacher Speak up when you're supposed to, as opposed to trying to write prescriptions for the way people should live. Don Cheadle writingtryingpeople One truth that I know for sure, for me anyway, is that the more you know, the more you realize that you don't know. Don Cheadle realizingknows It's important to keep the people who know you well around you. It helps center you. Don Cheadle importanthelpingpeople It's the sense of touch. In any real city, you walk, you know? You brush past people, people bump into you. In L.A., nobody touches you. We're always behind this metal and glass. I think we miss that touch so much, that we crash into each other, just so we can feel something. Don Cheadle realpastthinking If you look up and no one who's around you has been around you for the past 20 years, and they're all new people, I think that's a problem. Don Cheadle pastyearsthinking 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. Don Cheadle fridaydoorsnight We're really trying to give people the ability to go into a darkened room and have a couple hours of just pure enjoyment. Don Cheadle couplegivingpeople I think we should all be more concerned about the environment and the effects of global warming. It will be pointless to talk about all the issues that divide us when it's 300 degrees outside. Don Cheadle issuesdegreesthinking One thing that you consistently see everywhere is that the poor and the under-represented are always the ones who are going to suffer the most and get the short end of the stick. Don Cheadle poorstickssuffering I think having good family and friends really helps to ground you. Don Cheadle family-and-friendshelpingthinking The best thing that I learned from the best directors that I worked with is that the best answer wins. They are ego-less when it comes to doing the most important thing. Don Cheadle egoimportantwinning President Obama inherited a broken country mired in two wars, a financial crisis, a mortgage mess and more than we all probably even know about and has in my opinion brought us back from the brink. But I still see my friends in no better shape and the gap widening. Don Cheadle wartwocountry I pray that our leaders stop pointing fingers and playing the blame game and seek a real solution for the good of the planet and all who inhabit it. Don Cheadle leaderrealgames You should do what you're supposed to do and hope that that ripples out. Don Cheadle rippleshould I'm a parent. I have kids, and what's happening with our waters, and our oceans, and what's happening with deforestation, and all these things that human beings are having negative impacts on at this time, are concerning to me. I wanted to do whatever I could to be a part of the solution and not just be a part of the problem. Don Cheadle impactoceankids I want to see somebody go to jail over the financial crisis and not just black, brown and poor whites over humbles and minor drug beefs. Don Cheadle jailblackdrug 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. Don Cheadle blackactorsdifferent
