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. Don Cheadle approachartistcanvas Change image and share on social
I also believe that you are what you have to defend, and if you're a black man that's always going to be the bar against which you are judged, whether you want to align yourself with those themes or not. You can think of yourself as a colourless person, but nobody else is gonna. Don Cheadle alignbarblack share on social
It's great to be in a film that's able to have people really want to become socially conscious, to walk out of the theatre and want to do something. Don Cheadle consciousfilmgreat Change image and share on social
President Obama inherited a broken country mired in two wars, a financial crisis, a mortgage mess and more than we all probably even know about and has in my opinion brought us back from the brink. But I still see my friends in no better shape and the gap widening. Don Cheadle backbreakbring share on social
I don't believe that the U.S. needs to take a police role. I think it needs to support African nations that have said they want to become a part of the solution. Don Cheadle africannationpart Change image and share on social
I want to see somebody go to jail over the financial crisis and not just black, brown and poor whites over humbles and minor drug beefs. Don Cheadle beefblackbrown Change image and share on social
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 carefullychoosefuture Change image and share on social
But most scripts are terrible. Most projects are bad, that's just kind of the way it is. And I'm not really attracted to those. Don Cheadle attractbadkind Change image and share on social
I don't like movies that are trying to preach and trying to tell you how to feel. Don Cheadle feelmoviepreach Change image and share on social
I imagine it was much different in the 1970s. That was the Renaissance for black actors, albeit in blaxploitation movies. There was a much greater preponderance of work then than there is now. Don Cheadle 1970sactoralbeit Change image and share on social