I didn't really plan on fame. I never really factored that part into my life. Jason Mitchell More Quotes by Jason Mitchell More Quotes From Jason Mitchell I've got a friendly smile, a greeting smile, and a you-know-exactly-what-I'm-thinking smile. Jason Mitchell greeting got smile friendly I want people to have learned from me. When you watch movies that we grew up on, they teach you life lessons about friendship, brotherhood, integrity, but it's still funny and something you can watch as a family. I want to bring that back to our culture in general. Jason Mitchell family friendship life funny We've got to start making people uncomfortable in themselves and not being comfortable being racist or homophobic or any of that. We've got to cut that out from the inside. Jason Mitchell inside start uncomfortable people As crazy as it may sound, it's like my tranquil place, where I sit, and I have my candy for a minute, and I just space out, and it's just me and my candy. Jason Mitchell place me crazy space I'm from New Orleans, Louisiana. It's not a black-and-white type of thing down there. It's a very cultural place. Everybody has the same accent. It's not like if you're white we can't hang with you or anything like that. So it's easy for us to call each other out on our things. Jason Mitchell down place you white I lived the street life for a minute; I lost a lot of friends. Jason Mitchell street friends lost life I can do a backflip on the spot. I learned how from watching 'Ninja Turtles' movies as a kid. Whenever the Turtles got in trouble with their teacher, Master Splinter, he'd make them practice backflips as punishment - and I was so focused on becoming one of the Turtles that I taught myself how to do one, too. Jason Mitchell movies myself practice teacher 'Straight Outta Compton' is not a story we didn't know about or anything like that, but it's just something that resonated really well... It had no choice but to explode. Jason Mitchell something story choice know Anybody who knows me knows that I'm just here to put a smile on people's faces. Jason Mitchell just me smile people You can't be Eazy-E and not move a certain way, basically. So, I studied the culture of it, and also, one of my uncles is from L.A., and he's great. He was like my performance coach. He helped me get the lingo down pat. He helped me get a lot of things down pat because I would talk in that accent for 10 hours a day. Jason Mitchell day me you culture I already have two movies in the can, low-key, which are 'Vincent-N-Roxxy' and 'Keanu' with Key and Peele, which is my first comedy, and it's going to be super dope, definitely funny. They're so great, and they've been such life coaches to me. Jason Mitchell great me life funny Growing up in New Orleans helped me live a real life. I experienced so many things. Jason Mitchell live new me life I met Leonardo DiCaprio and Busta Rhymes the same night, on my birthday in New York. Jason Mitchell new new-york birthday night I was the epitome of rags to riches. Jason Mitchell epitome rags riches I didn't know how capable I was until the people around me in acting school would say I was good. Jason Mitchell good me people school I eat a lot. I'm a big sandwich dude. Turkey, mayonnaise, mustard, cheese, yes. I love craft services. Jason Mitchell sandwich eat big love I auditioned for 'Pitch Perfect,' and I had to sing. It was terrible. Jason Mitchell sing had terrible perfect I'm very acrobatic. I can do backflips and all that crazy stuff. Jason Mitchell very i-can crazy stuff Growing up in New Orleans and just being in a poverty-stricken neighborhood gave me that same fire that Eazy had to separate himself from what could have ended up being such a bad situation. Jason Mitchell bad me situation fire If you get it right, it's the most grand thing you could ever do. So many people let biopics slip through their fingers, but the opportunity to play Eazy-E could change my life. Jason Mitchell my-life you change life
