Chadwick Boseman movie quotes

“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

“- T'Chaka: What is wrong, my son?
- T'Challa: I am not ready, Baba.
- T'Chaka: Have you not prepared to be king your whole life? Have you not trained and studied, been by my side?
- T'Challa: That is not what I am talking about. I am not ready to be without you.
- T'Chaka: A man who has not prepared his children for his own death has failed as a...” (continue)(continue reading)
John Kani - T'Chaka
Chadwick Boseman - T'Challa

“We will work to be an example of how we, as brothers and sisters on this earth, should treat each other. Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look...” (continue)(continue reading)
Chadwick Boseman - T'Challa

“- Branch Rickey: We win if the world is convinced of two things: That you are a fine gentleman and a great baseball player. Like our Savior... you gotta have the guts... to turn the other cheek. Can you do it?
- Jackie Robinson: You give me a uniform... you give me a, heh, number on my back... and I'll give you the guts.”
Harrison Ford - Branch Rickey
Chadwick Boseman - Jackie Robinson

“I don't care if they like me. I didn't come here to make friends. I don't even care if they respect me. I know who I am.”
Chadwick Boseman - Jackie Robinson

“I don't think it matters what I believe, only what I do.”
Chadwick Boseman - Jackie Robinson

“Life ain't shit. You can put it in a paper bag and carry it around with you. It ain't got no balls. Now death... . death got some style. Death will kick your ass and make you wish you never been born. That's how bad death is.”
Chadwick Boseman - Levee

“What I care about bad luck? You talking simple. I ain't had nothing but bad luck all my life. Couldn't get no worse. What the hell I care about some bad luck? Hell, I eat it every day for breakfast! You dumber than I thought you was... talkin' about 'bad luck.'”
Chadwick Boseman - Levee

“I got scars from every film I've done, every TV show.”
Chadwick Boseman

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

“As a director, it is important to understand the actor's process.”
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

“- Michael: I trust you.
- Andre Davis: Why's that?
- Andre Davis: Because you're the only cop who hasn't tried to shoot me first.”
Stephan James - Michael
Chadwick Boseman - Andre Davis

“Automatic weapons. Two shooters. They have training.”
Chadwick Boseman - Andre Davis

“We got twenty-one bridges in and out of Manhattan. Shut them down. Three rivers. Close them. Four tunnels. Block them. Stop every train and loop the subways. Then, we flood the island with blue.”
Chadwick Boseman - Andre Davis

“- Ulysses Klaue: Oh, mercy, King. Mercy.
- T'Challa: Every breath you take is mercy from me.”
Andy Serkis - Ulysses Klaue
Chadwick Boseman - T'Challa

“- T'Challa: If you weren't so stubborn, you would make a great queen.
- Nakia: I would make a great queen because I am so stubborn.”
Chadwick Boseman - T'Challa
Lupita Nyong'o - Nakia

“- Shuri: The real question is what are those? Why do you have your toes out in my lab?
- T'Challa: What, you don't like my royal sandals? I wanted to go old school for my first day.”
Letitia Wright - Shuri
Chadwick Boseman - T'Challa

“I will not abandon someone to die, when I have the means to save his life.”

Chadwick Boseman - T'Challa

“- T'Challa: We can still heal you...
- Erik Killmonger: Why, so you can lock me up? Nah. Just bury me in the ocean with my ancestors who jumped from ships, 'cause they knew death was better than bondage.”
Chadwick Boseman - T'Challa
Micheal B. Jordan - Erik Killmonger

“- T'Challa: You will destroy the world, Wakanda included!
- Erik Killmonger: The world took everything away from me! Everything I ever loved! But I'ma make sure we're even. I'ma track down anyone who would even think of being loyal to you! And I'ma put their ass in the dirt, right next to Zuri!”
Chadwick Boseman - T'Challa
Micheal B. Jordan - Erik Killmonger

“- T'Challa: You want to see us become just like the people you hate so much! Divide and conquer, just as they did!
- Erik Killmonger: Nah, I learned from my enemies! Beat them at their own game!
- T'Challa: You have become them!”
Chadwick Boseman - T'Challa
Micheal B. Jordan - Erik Killmonger

“- T'Challa: How are you feeling today, Mama?
- Ramonda: Proud. Your father and I would talk about this day all the time. He is with us. And it is your time to be king.”
Chadwick Boseman - T'Challa
Angela Bassett - Ramonda

- Jackie Robinson: You want a player who doesn't have the guts to fight back?
- Branch Rickey: No. I want a player who's got the guts not to fight back. People aren't gonna like this. They're gonna do anything to get you to react. Echo a curse with a curse and, uh, they'll hear only yours. Follow a blow with a blow and they'll say, "The Negro... (continue)(continue reading)
Chadwick Boseman - Jackie Robinson
Harrison Ford - Branch Rickey

“- T’Challa: Two people in a room can get more done than a hundred.
- King T'Chaka: Unless you need to move a piano.”
Chadwick Boseman - T'Challa
John Kani - King T'Chaka