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 More Quotes by Don Cheadle More Quotes From Don Cheadle I was about to write that in the future I would chose my words more carefully but I'm sure I won't. Don Cheadle writing 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. Don Cheadle rapper records ideas We're trying to do what Miles Davis would have wanted us to do, which is approach it as artists with his life as the canvas. Don Cheadle canvas artist trying I've never been a part of a film before that offers such a platform into real issues, that raises social awareness and has the potential to change things. Don Cheadle issues film real Kids clearly help center you because you can't impress your kids. People are like, "Oh, are they so excited because you're Ironman?" My kids couldn't care less. They like it when I hang out and play dad. I impress them by playing video games with them and doing well. Your kids humble you. Don Cheadle dad humble kids Comedies are very hard to do. They are difficult. Unless there's the Judd Apatow school, where they're like okay, we know that, we're going to do those. Or unless it's something that's far to the other side. Don Cheadle comedy sides school I don't know what would be antithetical to do on the other side, maybe a Tyler Perry movie or something. No, there are very few comedies that live in between that. Or you're doing some kid thing like a Jim Carrey movie with animated something that's like that. Yeah, I've wanted to do them. I like doing them. I did Talk to Me. That was pretty much a comedy. Don Cheadle would-be sides kids Once the steam engine went away and we started moving into burning fossil fuels - not just burning them, but everything we do with oil - we've been experiencing [these problems] at an accelerated rate. The scary end-game scenario is getting closer and closer, about what we're going to be able to do to sustain life on this planet as we have come to know it. And I think this is a very real possibility, that we could be dealing with conditions we have no idea how to wrestle with. Don Cheadle real moving thinking It is the least represented among us who will be the most affected first. We have a moral responsibility to protect them. Don Cheadle moral responsibility firsts I think that it's much more important to do than to say. And you learn that a lot from your kids, who are watching you, you know? Don Cheadle important kids thinking I was brought into the curiosity of it because with Sony Pictures Classics, which bought the movie, they look into what the feedback is and base that off of how they release it, and you end up hearing the feedback and getting that early talk. So the reviews early on that were "bad reviews," they were kind of reviewing another movie. Don Cheadle hearing curiosity looks If anyone ever said biopic I would say, "It's not a biopic." We're fighting uphill against the weight of history. I was like, why don't we just call it historical fiction? Don Cheadle fighting historical fiction And it's not just black people. That's the other thing about this issue, it's conflated with just black and white and it's not that at all. It's diversity, it's something that looks more like the landscape of the country. And it's not about then we get the statues we deserve, it's not that. It's that everyone should be able to participate in this silly contest, which is how I feel about it. Don Cheadle black-and-white silly country There are things that are happening way earlier than that when it comes to someone deciding whether they're going to spend x amount of millions of dollars on a movie. I want $100 million success. The moviegoer is the person I'm more interested in than the Academy. Don Cheadle oscars dollars want We're not talking about you scored more points than me and I know that you won and I lost, those are clear results. This is about people's opinions and their subjective takes on things, people that sometimes haven't seen all of the movies they're voting on. Don Cheadle voting talking people I'm trying to steal from everybody. So yeah, there's cats that I'm personally affiliated with - Carl Franklin, Paul Thomas Anderson - and others that I don't know personally but their work I'm a big admirer of, like Martin Scorsese. But I'm hoping to come up with a language that is mine, that's specific to my take on this material. Don Cheadle cat language trying I don't believe that the U.S. needs to take a police role. I think it needs to support African nations that have said they want to become a part of the solution. Don Cheadle think support police believe The fun for me is to mix it all up. I would actually like to do something as far away from what I've just done, just for my own personal joy and growth, for what I want to do. Don Cheadle me growth joy fun But I think it's intoxicating when somebody is so unapologetically who they are. Don Cheadle i-think somebody who think No, it's not comfortable; I hate watching myself. You don't like when you hear your voice on your voicemail; imagine having to see yourself 30 feet wide and 30 feet big. Don Cheadle yourself myself you hate
