65 Motivational Quotes By Don Cheadle That You Can Count On
Don Cheadle is a renowned American actor and filmmaker. He began his career with ‘Colors’ followed by ‘Hamburger Hill.’ He gained prominence with his performances in ‘Rosewood,’ ‘Devil in a Blue Dress,’ ‘Boogie Nights,’ and ‘Rebound: The Legend of Earl ‘The Goat’ Manigault.’ He earned an ‘Academy Award’ nomination for his role in ‘Hotel Rwanda.’ He extended his recognition worldwide with roles in films like ‘Iron Man 3,’ ‘Avengers: Endgame,’ ‘Iron Man 2,’ ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,’ ‘America: Civil War,’ ‘Captain Marvel,’ and others. Take a look at the treasure trove of quotable quotes by Don Cheadle on games, people, beauty, giving, family, friends, suffering, belief, ego, war, winning, country, curiosity, love, growth, future, life, etc.
You should do what you're supposed to do and hope that that ripples out.
Yeah! I went to the set of Monuments Men.
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.
We're really trying to give people the ability to go into a darkened room and have a couple hours of just pure enjoyment.
Water is an issue, and, clearly, what's happening with the filth in our environment and the levels of carbon monoxide in our atmosphere are the really scary issues right now, the very troubling ones.
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.
Speak up when you're supposed to, as opposed to trying to write prescriptions for the way people should live.
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.
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.
Living by example - that's always a better teacher than trying to preach.
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.
It's important to keep the people who know you well around you. It helps center you.
It is the least represented among us who will be the most affected first. We have a moral responsibility to protect them.
Is there a way to discuss climate change without politics or religion getting in the way?
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.
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?
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?
I think it’s intoxicating when somebody is so unapologetically who they are.
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.
I think having good family and friends really helps to ground you.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
So often when Black men have to play roles on TV, we're either the noble savage or we're completely a savage, and there's no nuance.
People have always been obsessed by celebrities. There are just more outlets and opportunities to make a living exploiting that obsession nowadays.
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.
