Mike Colter Quotes

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When Barack Obama got elected, I remember being in Harlem specifically. I remember watching that whole part of town just swell. People walked the streets, but it wasn’t a riot – it wasn’t mayhem. It was a unified feeling of euphoria.

Mike Colter

As long as you can throw people a curveball, that’s what you’re looking for. Because the minute they can define you, the minute they think they know exactly who you are, is when it starts to wear thin.

Mike Colter

Comic book heroes are an important part of our culture, so I think we’re actually utilizing comic book heroes in a much more in-depth way than before. They have such potential, and I think we’re maximizing the potential.

Mike Colter

What makes Luke Cage unique isn’t him being black. Yes, he is black, but he has other things.

Mike Colter

No, no. I draw the line there. Anything that’s going to show an outline of my manhood is not on.

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I did want to play a superhero. I mean, who doesn’t when you’re a kid? I would have loved to be a superhero. But as I’d gotten older, I wasn’t ready to jump into tights and put the cape on. I was hoping to play something a little more grounded and realistic.

Mike Colter

The black community wants to buy things and want to see themselves portrayed in a certain way. And if they don’t like what they see, then they won’t spend their money. Everyone’s not gonna always relate to Captain America; everyone is not going to always relate to Thor. A lot of characters just don’t speak to them.

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Marvel does a fantastic job about bringing human stories – because you’re telling big stories with a heart at the centre of it – and that’s what connects all of the characters to our audience members.

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New York City is a big city but a small city when it comes to theater.

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I have a wonderful wife I met at Rutgers while we were both there. She was in the Ph.D. program. She is not an actress. She definitely brings balance to my life. We actors can tend to bore anyone with shop talk.

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When I was playing Bishop, I would always walk on set thinking, ‘This is my show; this is a show all about me.’

Mike Colter

We are in a diversity age. I talk about the lack of diversity for black Americans, but what about the Asian Americans? You don’t see them very often. They have a show called ‘Fresh off the Boat.’ No one is talking about that show. I saw it, and I found that show completely offensive, but I’m not Asian American.

Mike Colter

I see fans all the time. They’re always very complimentary, and they’re always very eager to talk and to share their experiences or get a selfie. They’re really, really loyal. And intense.

Mike Colter

I hate the gym, so I try to diversify my workouts with swimming and basketball. Indoors, it’s less boring than running. I do find that diet is key. I eat lots of lean protein, no soda, no fast food or fried foods, and a lot of water. But I love food and often cook.

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If you’re not enjoying your work, what’s the point?

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I am not walking around looking like Luke Cage does at all.

Mike Colter

The big budget films have money to do things that are not necessarily essential but sure are comforting. The catering is usually much better. And you have way more of anything you could possibly need. You definitely get a trailer. My shirt and suit for ‘Million Dollar Baby‘ were tailor made.

Mike Colter

I didn’t sit around thinking, ‘I’d love to play Luke Cage,’ but when the character was presented, I did my research, and I was just like, ‘This is a real gift. He’s a great character, and I’m happy to have a chance to take a crack at him.’

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People forget, most of the times we audition with people who aren’t necessarily actors. So it doesn’t matter who or what’s in front of you: you still have to have the same realism and invested emotions.

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As for facial hair, I think I decided it was a good look after graduate school. I always shave it myself and trim my own beard. I change the look depending on the role. For ‘Million Dollar Baby,’ I had no facial hair. For ‘Men in Black 3,’ I had no facial hair but did wear a wig.

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I’m always very even-keeled, and I’m always waiting for the other shoe to drop.

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I got lucky. To be frank, I was surrounded by white teachers who never did the whole, ‘You’re never going to amount to nothing‘ thing you hear about in the South. Instead, they would say, ‘You’re really smart. You can do this.’ If I hadn’t gotten that, I don’t know where I’d be.

Mike Colter

Cops and criminals aren’t that different. They just play by different sets of rules. And the lines get blurred. There’s no such thing as ‘right‘ and ‘wrong.’ There’s always a grey area. There are always hypocrisies.

Mike Colter

My family, they’re not really that involved in what I do. Career-wise, they’re very supportive. They’re involved after the fact. I don’t tell them anything, usually, until I’m finished filming it or mid-way through filming it. It’s just a job, and I approach it that way.

Mike Colter

I think all actors, when they’re not working, say, ‘If I can get to this point where I’m working on a consistent basis, I’ll be happy.’ Of course, then, if that happens for you, and you’re lucky, you find some other reason to complain. There’s a joke: ‘If you want to hear an actor complain, give him a job.’

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I don’t think Luke Cage as a superhero is something that has changed dramatically from the ’70s to now. He’s a black man going through the same thing as other people of colour – it’s just that he has superpowers.

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I’m embarrassed to say that I don’t have a lot of hobbies. It’s not because I don’t have interests; it’s just that I don’t have the time.

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I always make a joke: ‘Don’t look into the future; it’s too bright.’ That’s as positive as I can be.

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It serves anyone, when they’re going into some project, to try to distance themselves from the material so you can really have an objective viewpoint.

Mike Colter

Some people act like there is so much mystery in getting fit, but the only secret there is to making it happen is time.

Mike Colter

I’ve always wanted to be on a show that’s well respected and had critical acclaim and that people like to watch, and at the same time find something that, for me, as an actor, is interesting and challenging.

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When you’re acting, it’s all about you and the person in front of you, and I think in life we forget to apply the same technique, and we get caught up in the panic of what we’re trying to do – how overwhelmingly daunting the task of trying to become an actor is.

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I think anyone in New York City could look at Luke Cage and say, ‘Hey, this guy could help me out.’ I don’t want him to just seem like a relevant hero for only black people.

Mike Colter

If you’ve ever been to Harlem, there’s always something playing on the street, and there’s this energy that feels different to anywhere else in New York.

Mike Colter

I pretty much spend most of my time in the gym bulking up and staying fit and putting muscle on so I can play the part of Luke Cage, but I’ve never been a gym rat.

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