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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

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Don Cheadle
Age: 59
Born: 1964
Born: November 29
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Poker Player
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Television Producer
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Kansas City
Missouri
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You should do what you're supposed to do and hope that that ripples out.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Speak up when you're supposed to, as opposed to trying to write prescriptions for the way people should live.
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I was about to write that in the future I would chose my words more carefully but I'm sure I won't.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I think having good family and friends really helps to ground you.
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People have always been obsessed by celebrities. There are just more outlets and opportunities to make a living exploiting that obsession nowadays.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I've been doing this since I was 10 years old, inhabiting different people and playing different roles.
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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.
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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.
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