Don Cheadle Quotes - Page 2

Quotes about:

• 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

  Country, War, Two

  "Don Cheadle Says President Obama Should Have Been More ‘Gangster,’ Clarifies Comments". www.huffingtonpost.com. December 30, 2011.

  8 Copy quote

• Is there a way to discuss climate change without politics or religion getting in the way?

  Don Cheadle

  Climate, Way, Climate Change

  4 Copy quote

• We're always trailing, as far as the amount of roles that are written for us and the films that are being made that have black characters in them. I don't know if that's going to change.

  Don Cheadle

  Character, Black, Roles

  4 Copy quote

• People have always been obsessed by celebrities. There are just more outlets and opportunities to make a living exploiting that obsession nowadays.

  Don Cheadle

  Opportunity, People, Obsession

  "14 Questions With Don Cheadle". Interview with Jennifer Cox, www.askmen.com.

  4 Copy quote

• I started following the news and seeing what was happening around the world with the polar ice caps melting and temperatures breaking records. I became concerned as an animal on this planet but also as a father.

  Don Cheadle

  Father, Animal, Ice

  7 Copy quote

• 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, Ideas, Records

  Interview with Jennifer Cox, www.askmen.com.

  4 Copy quote

• Many of my friends and family are scratching it out somewhere decidedly south of the ever widening gap between the haves and have nots, looking at losing their homes, colleges they can't afford and healthcare they can't avail themselves of.

  Don Cheadle

  Home, College, Family And Friends

  "Don Cheadle Says President Obama Should Have Been More ‘Gangster,’ Clarifies Comments". www.huffingtonpost.com. December 30, 2011.

  4 Copy quote

• I want to be a part of great things.

  Don Cheadle

  Want, Great Things

  "'I'm gonna grab that Oscar'". Interview with Xan Brooks, www.theguardian.com. February 17, 2005.

  4 Copy quote

• 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

  "We talked to Don Cheadle about his new Miles Davis movie, biopics, and why he's not boycotting the Oscars". Interview with Jason Guerrasio, uk.businessinsider.com. January 25, 2016.

  4 Copy quote

• It's much easier to cry or be angry, but to really laugh and genuinely be buoyant and laugh. That's hard if you don't really feel that way.

  Don Cheadle

  Laughing, Way, Cry

  "Adam Sandler and the Cast of Reign Over Me Speak". Movieweb Interview, www.movieweb.com. March 19, 2007.

  4 Copy quote

• I think if you were to look at my resume in total you would see a lot of things that are kind of all over the map.

  Don Cheadle

  Thinking, Looks, Maps

  The Tavis Smiley show, www.pbs.org. February 21, 2012.

  4 Copy quote

• I don't like movies that are trying to preach and trying to tell you how to feel.

  Don Cheadle

  Trying, Feels

  4 Copy quote

• 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

  Artist, Trying, Canvas

  "Don Cheadle: The Time Is Right for a Miles Davis Biopic" by Shirley Halperin, www.hollywoodreporter.com. December 15, 2010.

  4 Copy quote

• 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

  Curiosity, Looks, Hearing

  "We talked to Don Cheadle about his new Miles Davis movie, biopics, and why he's not boycotting the Oscars". Interview with Jason Guerrasio, www.businessinsider.com. January 25, 2016.

  4 Copy quote

• 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

  Ocean, Kids, Impact

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

  6 Copy quote

• Yeah! I went to the set of Monuments Men.

  Don Cheadle

  Men, Yeah, Monument

  "Grading The Best & Worst Of The 2015 Golden Globes". www.huffingtonpost.com. January 12, 2015.

  4 Copy quote

• It's great to be in a film that's able to have people really want to become socially conscious, to walk out of the theatre and want to do something.

  Don Cheadle

  People, Theatre, Want

  7 Copy quote

• I prefer film to TV because of the amount of time film affords you that TV doesn't (though theater is probably my favorite and the scariest place of all).

  Don Cheadle

  Tvs, Film, My Favorite

  Interview with Jennifer Cox, www.askmen.com.

  4 Copy quote

• I've been doing this since I was 10 years old, inhabiting different people and playing different roles.

  Don Cheadle

  Years, People, Different

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  4 Copy quote

• 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

  5 Copy quote

• I hate it when, by page 30, I know what the lead's going to do and then what the bad guy's gonna do. Mostly it's just scripts by the numbers where nothing's surprising, nothing's interesting.

  Don Cheadle

  Hate, Numbers, Interesting

  4 Copy quote

• I think if you're going to read reviews, you have to just concede that they are all right. And I think I read two very diametrically opposed reviews about my movie and I had to go, yeah, I agree with both of them.

  Don Cheadle

  Thinking, Two, Yeah

  "We talked to Don Cheadle about his new Miles Davis movie, biopics, and why he's not boycotting the Oscars". Interview with Jason Guerrasio, uk.businessinsider.com. January 25, 2016.

  4 Copy quote

• But most scripts are terrible. Most projects are bad, that's just kind of the way it is. And I'm not really attracted to those.

  Don Cheadle

  Way, Scripts, Kind

  4 Copy quote

• 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

  Real, Issues, Film

  5 Copy quote

• Now is a good time, 10 years ago would have been a good time, and 10 years from now it will still be a good time to see a dynamic, entertaining movie that's wall-to-wall Miles Davis where the music will hopefully spark some desire to know more about the man.

  Don Cheadle

  Wall, Men, Years

  "Don Cheadle: The Time Is Right for a Miles Davis Biopic". Interview with Shirley Halperin, www.hollywoodreporter.com. December 15, 2010.

  4 Copy quote

Page 2 of 3

First

← Prev

1

2

3

Next →

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin