Michael B. Jordan Quotes

Honestly, I'm a firm believer in the next generation of filmmakers. It's very important to keep things fresh, new, current. They have a pulse on what's important today.

Working with [Kyle Chandler] in the scene was like playing tennis. You work with really talented actors, I think they make other actors look really, really good.

We were shooting this movie called "Hardball," with Keanu Reeves. We shot in the city, and I just remember I couldn't really do too much. At 13 or 14, you couldn't go out to any nightlife.

As an actor, you never want to feel like a tool. You never want to feel like, "Hey, just come here, say this, stop here, look this way," and that's it. You want to have a little input.

In many ways for black actors there's been two leading guys: It's Will Smith vs. Denzel [Washington].

I think every guy that's dated a girl or hasn't been straightaway into a relationship has had that 'so...' moment where a girl is like, 'Hey what are you doing?'

[Ryan Gosling] just got by because he's a cute kid? Yeah. I was an ugly kid; "The Mickey Mouse Club" wasn't for me.

I've been living with that all my life. My name is Michael Jordan, so I'm always being compared to a person of greatness.

The douchiest thing a guy could do on a date is to make a girl pay. If you invite her out and then make her pay.

I want to look at my audience and see all walks of life. I want to do something for everybody.

I don't like speaking on things that I don't care about and that I'm not personally invested in.

Acting for me sometimes is taking whatever personal experiences I have and try to apply that [to a role].

Creating the opportunities for other people and solid projects, things that I like, for sure, definitely. Acting I'll do forever, but I want to produce as well.

If somebody comes up and they're African American as Mike is, and they're extremely talented as Mike is, they say, "Oh, yeah, he's the next ..." I think that it points to disparity.

[Kyle Chandler]definitely helped me out a lot, stepped up my game. Just like the volleying back and forth.

For me, with me, making a film is always about humanity.

Start producing, some writing, directing is definitely what I want to do and I'll be doing a lot more in the future as well.

I think Chris [Evans] has got Captain America locked up. The role is in good hands.

What I was interested in [Fruitvale Station ] was one guy and his life and how that related to all of our lives and the fact that it ended unnecessarily and what the fallout from that was.