Michael B. Jordan Quotes

You borrow from the greats, and you make your own path without losing the core of who you are.

I came to the realization that I can also satisfy my creative side by giving somebody else a chance. I don’t have to be in front of the camera for every project.

I’m always good at seeing five, ten steps ahead. Like, really thinking ahead, you know? Reverse engineering, whatever it is, you know.

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

I love Newark, but it was easy to get caught up in the wrong situation. You know, when you come from very humble beginnings, you always have that fear that everything could go away at any moment.

I want to do more films.

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

I’ve never been the kind of guy to hype myself up. It’s just not my thing.

Sometimes you gotta go with your first instinct. You gotta go with your gut. That’s kind of how I live my life, you gotta go with your gut.

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

I think history repeats itself. There’s a constant conversation between the oppressed and the oppressor. No matter what your field is, whether it’s gender equality, the Time’s Up movement, or diversity casting, it’s always going to be a back-and-forth battle.

As a naturally reserved and quiet person, it’s definitely a challenge being thrust into this atmosphere of celebrity and everything that comes along with that. Some parts I’m resisting more than others but can’t for much longer, so I’m just trying to find a way to make sense of it all.

Sometimes you’ve gotta hide the medicine in the food. You can’t slap somebody in the face with facts, all the time. It’s too harsh.

That’s one of the fun parts of becoming an actor: You can become whoever you want to be.