Donald Frank Cheadle Jr. Quotes

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.

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 process changes slightly from role to role. Obviously, there are different things you’re called on to do. You’re not digging deep for Basher Tarr like I was for Paul Rusesabagina, but at the end of the day it’s still all make-believe and you still are trying as realistically as you can to depict these characters.

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.