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Michael B. Jordan

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    Michael B. Jordan

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

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    Michael B. Jordan

    As an actor, you always dream of having material that showcases what you can do.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    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.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    As I grow and get older, mature a bit, and work on my big boy voice a little bit, I definitely want to direct.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    Be collaborative. I've had some of my best experiences with directors who were able to sit down and have a conversation and ask me what I thought.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    Being compared to that man [Michael Jordan], who has accomplished so much in his lifetime and is known as one of the greatest ever, is an amazing compliment, but I still want to be looked at as an individual and have my own lane and my own career and looked at as "That's Mike." "That' s Michael B.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    Chicago PD has a rule that if you work in Chicago you have to live in Chicago. Some areas don't have that rule.So oftentimes you get people from different environments that get thrown into environments with people that they never spent time with before in they life. On a daily basis or in their personal life. The only access they had to these type of people was through the media.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    [Chris Evans] is doing an amazing job with "Captain America." I really enjoy those films as well so that's kind of pretty much where that was.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    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.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    Definitely, as I get older and my taste buds change, I want to do different things. I'm not ready for directing yet, you know, maybe when I get my big boy voice; I don't have that yet, but right now definitely producing for sure.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    Do as much homework as you can. Learn everybody's job and don't just settle.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    Don't pretend to know everything. I've been blessed to work with a lot of veteran actors, and I soak up lessons from them like a sponge.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    ESPN Zone was probably the coolest thing I could do [making "Hardball"]. But Navy Pier was the other thing. I'd take my bicycle and ride down to Navy Pier and just hang out. Try to get a phone number or something. That was my thing.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    Father-daughter relationship, is something that I think is so unique and it can't really be explained unless you have a daughter.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    For AXE to take a chance on me and to help me, you know, collaborating with them was just a really, really big deal for me. It shows that they bought into me and vice versa so it's a good relationship.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    For me the movie [Fruitvale Station ] wasn't about that. The movie's about [Oscar Grant] life. And what happens on the platform is a very short part of the film. It's from Oscar's perspective. From the perspectives of the relationships that he's involved with.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    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.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    Honestly, I want to do films. I want to make that move from actor to producer, like Will Smith.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    How are people who are young and look like Oscar [Grant] portrayed in the media? You gotta think about that. And somebody given a badge and a gun and told to go police in those communities, all of a sudden they got to protect and serve and talk to people they never even spent time with [and] they might have formed opinions about.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    I can't sing worth a lick, so I don't know if I would be allowed in the ["The Mickey Mouse Club"].

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    Michael B. Jordan

    I definitely want to direct. This is just another learning experience for me, to get a chance to hear the questions and concerns the directors have, some of their fears. It's a team sport. You have to give everybody what they need so they are able to perform at their best.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    I definitely want to do films. To see a character out from beginning to end in a matter of a hundred somewhat pages and then move on to the next role, is fascinating.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    I do a lot. I don't like to sit still. I am pretty spontaneous. I like to cook a lot. I like to eat. I like to workout, surf, read, write, and create. I am always working on a couple of projects that I always have and need to put more time into.

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    Michael B. Jordan

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

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    Michael B. Jordan

    I encourage first time filmmakers to be ambitious and take chances and risks, because you never know where your career is going to go.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    I feel like you have to pull from some personal experiences [to acting]. At least that's how I work sometimes. It's just easier that way. And I try it as best as I can and kind of dissolve myself and become a character, not me, or just blur the lines.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    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.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    I haven't been down to Navy Pier in such a long time. I know that's probably the touristy thing to do, but it just reminds me so much of 2000 when I was here shooting ["Hardball"].

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    Michael B. Jordan

    I love sports. I've played basketball, baseball, soccer, tennis, track and field growing up.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    I'm a comic book fan.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    I'm an athlete; I've got an ego when stunt doubles have to come in. Not an ego like that, but when it comes to physical stuff, if I didn't have to have a stunt double, I would always probably do it myself unless the producers were jumping in and stopping me.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    I'm a professional at what I do. As a police officer you're a professional at what you're supposed to do. You should know your equipment well. You should know the difference between a taser and a handgun.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    I'm a professional at what I do. I'm an actor. I've been on enough movie sets to know the difference between a stage light and an apple box. I know the difference. Why? Because I've been around it long enough and I know.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    I'm a tropical weather cruiser. I like surfing, you know. I like being on the beach.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    I'm extremely blessed. There's a lot of people trying to exactly what I'm doing, but I'm a part of that 9.1 percent that's actually having their dream come true. I just don't take that for granted.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    I'm hoping to develop a lot of graphic novels and television shows and films and animation. I've got my hands in a lot of different things!

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    Michael B. Jordan

    I'm just looking forward to doing these videos with AXE. Doing more directing, collaborating with them, finding ways to kind of like tap into temptation with their market and their audience and mine and find cool, creative ways to get the brand out to people. And I think they're doing a really, really good job. So we've got some cool stuff coming up.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    I'm not saying no to anything, at least as far as reading scripts. I don't care if it's television or films but, personally, I would say I'd like to establish myself more in film.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    I'm pretty sure that wasn't Oscar's first time getting harassed or held-up by authorities. And over time you start to feel some type of way when you get pulled over. "Oh, I gotta go through this. Again.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    Independent film making is very collaborative. You feel like it's you, the director and other actors and you really feel like you have the final say. When you do the bigger films, the studio has to give the final thumbs up and they're usually not big on risk taking because they're trying to make money.

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    Michael B. Jordan

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

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    Michael B. Jordan

    In terms of experience with the police, everybody got those. It's such a reality.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    I really want to have a really, really strong, one-sided opinion on something, and be connected to it and tell that story. Until I find that thing or that topic or whatever it is, I don't want to direct.

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    Michael B. Jordan

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

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    Michael B. Jordan

    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?'

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    Michael B. Jordan

    I think everyone starts in the mailroom at some point! It's a right of passage. Your boss has to throw something at you and order you around for at least two years.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    I think it's just easier for people to put you in a box or a lane because you look similar. I think that's unfair for anybody in any situation.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    I think redemption is about righting a wrong, and in that pursuit it's about trying. You can stumble, you can make mistakes, but it's about trying to do the right thing.

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    Michael B. Jordan

    I think that humanity is at an all-time low in how we value life, especially among young Black people. We just don't really value each other's lives .

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    Michael B. Jordan

    It may not happen in my lifetime, but if I can play a part in moving things along, then I feel I've done a good job.