I've never been a part of a film before that offers such a platform into real issues, that raises social awareness and has the potential to change things.
Don CheadleI think we should all be more concerned about the environment and the effects of global warming. It will be pointless to talk about all the issues that divide us when it's 300 degrees outside.
Don CheadleI 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 CheadleI've been doing this since I was 10 years old, inhabiting different people and playing different roles.
Don CheadleSo often when Black men have to play roles on TV, we're either the noble savage or we're completely a savage, and there's no nuance.
Don CheadleOnce the steam engine went away and we started moving into burning fossil fuels - not just burning them, but everything we do with oil - we've been experiencing [these problems] at an accelerated rate. The scary end-game scenario is getting closer and closer, about what we're going to be able to do to sustain life on this planet as we have come to know it. And I think this is a very real possibility, that we could be dealing with conditions we have no idea how to wrestle with.
Don Cheadle