Chadwick Boseman Quotes

Chadwick Boseman was an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of T’Challa / Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Boseman was born and raised in Anderson, South Carolina. He graduated from T. L. Hanna High School in 1995 and Howard University in 2000, where he studied directing. After graduating from Howard, Boseman moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. His first acting role was in an episode of the television series Third Watch in 2003. He also had small roles in the films All About the Benjamins (2002) and Get on Up (2014).

In 2016, Boseman played the title role in the biographical film Jackie Robinson, which chronicles the life of the baseball player of the same name. The following year, he had his breakthrough role as T’Challa / Black Panther in the Marvel Studios film Captain America: Civil War (2016). He reprised the role in Black Panther (2018) and Avengers: Infinity War (2018).

Boseman died on August 28, 2020, at the age of 43, from colon cancer.

Table of Contents:

1. Early Life

2. Education

3. Acting Career

4. Breakthrough Role

5. Later Work

6. Personal Life

7. Death

8. Legacy

9. Works

10. Awards and Nominations

11. Chadwick Boseman Quotes

1. Early Life

Chadwick Boseman was born on November 29, 1976, in Anderson, South Carolina, to Carolyn and Leroy Boseman. His mother was a nurse and his father worked in construction. Boseman has two younger brothers, Derrick and Kevin.

Boseman was interested in acting from a young age. He attended the British American Drama Academy in Oxford, England, in 1998. After returning to the United States, he studied directing at Howard University in Washington, D.C.

2. Education

Boseman graduated from T. L. Hanna High School in 1995. He then attended Howard University, where he studied directing. He graduated from Howard in 2000.

3. Acting Career

Boseman’s first acting role was in an episode of the television series Third Watch in 2003. He also had small roles in the films All About the Benjamins (2002) and Get on Up (2014).

In 2016, Boseman played the title role in the biographical film Jackie Robinson, which chronicles the life of the baseball player of the same name. The following year, he had his breakthrough role as T’Challa / Black Panther in the Marvel Studios film Captain America: Civil War (2016). He reprised the role in Black Panther (2018) and Avengers: Infinity War (2018).

4. Breakthrough Role

Boseman’s breakthrough role was as T’Challa / Black Panther in the Marvel Studios film Captain America: Civil War (2016). He reprised the role in Black Panther (2018) and Avengers: Infinity War (2018).

5. Later Work

Boseman’s other film roles include Message from the King (2016), Marshall (2017), and 21 Bridges (2019).

6. Personal Life

Boseman was married to Simone Ledward.

7. Death

Boseman died on August 28, 2020, at the age of 43, from colon cancer.

8. Legacy

Boseman was posthumously awarded the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020).

9. Works

Some of Boseman’s notable film roles include Jackie Robinson in 42 (2013), James Brown in Get on Up (2014), T’Challa / Black Panther in Captain America: Civil War (2016), Black Panther (2018), and Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Thurgood Marshall in Marshall (2017).

10. Awards and Nomination

Boseman was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for his performance in Marshall (2017). He won the MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Hero for his performance as T’Challa / Black Panther in Black Panther (2018).

Chadwick Boseman Quotes

“Guys are natural problem solvers—they like to have strategies.” – Chadwick Boseman

“You have to cherish things in a different way when you know the clock is ticking, you are under pressure.” – Chadwick Boseman

“Even after I became involved in theater and involved in TV and film, I had this sort of idea that Hollywood was off-limits. There was something about L.A., the mystique of it and fear of it.” – Chadwick Boseman

“When completing a long climb one first experiences dizziness, disorientation, and shortness of breath due to the high altitude. But once you become accustomed to the climb, your mind opens up to the tranquility of the triumph. Oftentimes, the mind is flooded with realizations that were, for some reason, harder to come to when you were at a lower elevation.” – Chadwick Boseman

“Sometimes when you’re acting, you only need a little bit of something to sort of channel or, you know, transport into a place.” – Chadwick Boseman

“Fearlessness means taking the first step, even if you don’t know where it will take you. It means being driven by a higher purpose, rather than by applause. It means knowing that you reveal your character when you stand apart more than when you stand with the crowd.” – Chadwick Boseman

“Your very existence is wrapped up in the things you need to fulfill.” – Chadwick Boseman

“The projects that I end up doing, that I want to be involved with in any way, have always been projects that will be impactful, for the most part, to my people—to Black people.” – Chadwick Boseman

“Every year, Hollywood is looking for that new, white leading man and new white starlet that audiences fall in love with. But they’re not looking for the next Denzel Washington, Will Smith, or Sidney Poitier.” – Chadwick Boseman

“Colonialism is the cousin of slavery.” – Chadwick Boseman

“I’m not afraid to work.” – Chadwick Boseman

“You could be living in what was revealed to you at a particular time, and then you might get stagnated because there’s more that you’re supposed to do. It doesn’t just stop as you do one thing. I think it’s about being open to what you’re supposed to do at this moment and not getting stuck in the past. Purpose is not related to career or career. It’s related to what God put inside you that you’re supposed to give to the world.” – Chadwick Boseman

“Everybody is the hero in their own story—you should be the hero in your own story. You should see yourself conquering the dramatic action of whatever you’re trying to do so that when you get to a crisis, you know how to deal with it. You should be able to do that. There are people that come in to help you with your story, but you have to be the person who deals with the conflicts that are in place. Even if you pray to God, God expects you to do some things.” – Chadwick Boseman

“The best advice about getting older? Just be thankful you’re not dead!”

“When you pray for something, it can actually happen and that is powerful.” – Chadwick Boseman

“What they don’t realize is the greatest conflict you will ever face will be the conflict with yourself.” – Chadwick Boseman

“One of the first things I was taught as an actor was, ‘Don’t judge the character.’”

“Savor the taste of your triumphs today, don’t just swallow them all whole without digesting what is actually happening here. Look down over what you conquered and appreciate what God has brought you through.” – Chadwick Boseman

“You might have one thing in your head, but the things you’re doing don’t really lead down the right road, necessarily. When you’re young, you don’t want to hear that. You think you can do everything, be all things.” – Chadwick Boseman

“When it comes down to it, I’d rather have an action figure than a Golden Globe.” – Chadwick Boseman

“I think you realize how much you need to have people that you love. It’s not as much about them loving you—it’s about you needing to love people.” – Chadwick Boseman

“When you play characters, you shouldn’t just be putting on their characteristics—you should be finding it inside yourself.” – Chadwick Boseman

“Sometimes your grades don’t give a real indication of what your greatness might be.” – Chadwick Boseman

“The industry looks for white actors and actresses, but it’s not the same for Black actors. We have to really put the work in.” – Chadwick Boseman

“I’m an artist. Artists don’t need permission to work. Regardless of whether I’m acting or not, I write. I write when I’m tired in fact because I believe the surface of your most pure thoughts.” – Chadwick Boseman

“Sometimes that’s the irony of life that during the most difficult moments you look back on it and you realize how much you enjoyed it—how much you could celebrate it.” – Chadwick Boseman

“I don’t know what your future is, but if you’re willing to take the harder way, the more complicated one, the one with more failures at first than successes, the one that has ultimately proven to have more meaning, more victory, more glory—then you will not regret it.” – Chadwick Boseman

“I started out as a writer and a director. I started acting because I wanted to know how to relate to the actors. When people ask me what I do, I don’t really say that I’m an actor, because actors often wait for someone to give them roles.” – Chadwick Boseman

“When you are deciding on next steps, next jobs, next careers, further education—you should rather find purpose than a job or a career. Purpose crosses disciplines. The purpose is an essential element of you. It is the reason you are on the planet at this particular time in history.” – Chadwick Boseman

“You can say you worked hard, but you can’t say you deserved it. You can say you wished for it and prayed for it, but you can’t say you made it happen.” – Chadwick Boseman

“There’s nothing more stressful than your stomach growling.” – Chadwick Boseman

“I would go through these cycles of being really, really focused on work, and not being around anyone, to being around everyone. And that could be distracting. It was nothing or everything.” – Chadwick Boseman

“Receiving an award for playing a superhero is amazing, but it’s even greater to acknowledge the heroes that we have in real life.” – Chadwick Boseman

“When you invest in a seed, watching it grow without you, that is a bitter pill to swallow.” – Chadwick Boseman

“That’s why you have the people around you because they represent different parts of you. You get to hear your arguments that are happening internally amongst them.” – Chadwick Boseman

“Sometimes you need to feel the pain and sting of defeat to activate the real passion and purpose that God predestined inside of you.” – Chadwick Boseman

“You’re not free unless you can show the good and the bad, all sides of them. So to me, when I play a character, it’s important that I can show every aspect of them.” – Chadwick Boseman

“I feel that I’m living my purpose. But the thing about purpose is that it unfolds to you more and more every day.” – Chadwick Boseman

“I truly believe there’s a truth that needs to enter the world at a particular time.” – Chadwick Boseman

“At this moment, most of you need some realizations because right now you have some big decisions to make. Right now, I urge you to—in your breath, in your eyes, in your consciousness—invest in the importance of this moment. And cherish it.” – Chadwick Boseman

“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, ‘I used everything You gave me.’”

“A superhero movie is only as great as its villains.” – Chadwick Boseman

“The only difference between a hero and the villain is that the villain chooses to use that power in a way that is selfish and hurts other people.” – Chadwick Boseman

“There’s actually a couple of kids that I’ve connected with while I was shooting Black Panther and I would literally when I was tired, I would just think of them. Think about them seeing the movie.” – Chadwick Boseman

“There’s a plethora of stories in our culture that haven’t been told because Hollywood didn’t believe they were viable. It would be cool to see slices of history that you haven’t seen with African figures. Like Africans in Europe—the Moors in Spain. Or if you go to Portugal, they have statues of Black people all over the place. So, not only have we been here, but we’ve directly affected everything that you think is European.” – Chadwick Boseman

“Whatever you choose for a career path, remember the struggles along the way are only meant to shape you for your purpose.” – Chadwick Boseman

“I would love to have an ocean of love right now. That said, the number-one rule of acting is, ‘Do not seek approval from the audience.’ People don’t realize that. You can’t do stuff to get applause. You have to live in the truth.” – Chadwick Boseman

“I try to look at every role the same way, regardless of whether the character is real or the character is fantasy. I always start from myself, because you have to know yourself first.” – Chadwick Boseman

“People don’t want to experience change; they just want to wake up, and it’s different.” – Chadwick Boseman

“I said yes too much. I said yes to certain projects that weren’t for me. It was somebody else’s vision and somebody else’s dream and somebody else’s artistic endeavor, but it didn’t necessarily fit in my grand scheme.” – Chadwick Boseman

“Sometimes you need to get knocked down before you can really figure out what your fight is and how you need to fight it.” – Chadwick Boseman

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