Quotes from Don Cheadle
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.
- Don Cheadle
You should do what you're supposed to do and hope that that ripples out.
- Don Cheadle
I've been doing this since I was 10 years old, inhabiting different people and playing different roles.
- Don Cheadle
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
Living by example - that's always a better teacher than trying to preach.
- Don Cheadle
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
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
If people in this country think of Africa as a place with kids and flies swarming around their heads, then they won't understand that these people are you and you are them.
- Don Cheadle
I don't like message movies either.
- Don Cheadle
People have always been obsessed by celebrities. There are just more outlets and opportunities to make a living exploiting that obsession nowadays.
- Don Cheadle
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
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