Anthony Mackie
Anthony Mackie
Anthony Dwane Mackie is an American actor. He has been featured in feature films, television series, and Broadway and Off-Broadway plays, including Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Drowning Crow, McReele, A Soldier's Play, and Carl Hancock Rux's Talk, for which he won an Obie Award in 2002...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth23 September 1978
CityNew Orleans, LA
CountryUnited States of America
opportunity long preparation
So I feel like success is opportunity plus preparation, so work begets work, and as long as you're prepared it's going to continue to come your way.
people subplots personal-life
People don't come to Marvel movies for personal life subplots, no.
first-love firsts stage
The stage is my first love.
black actors young
There are a lot of limitations and stigmas that are placed on young actors, specifically young black actors.
rapper new-orleans
There was this rapper from New Orleans, Mystikal, who when I hear his music, I hear myself. Whenever I wanna get hyped, I put on Mystikal.
heart writing men
I'm a poet. I'm just a renaissance man in my heart. I can build shelves and I can write poetry.
order law done
With all the movies I've done, I still get recognized from my episode of 'Law & Order' more than anything else. It never fails.
fun opportunity interesting
Do you want to be an actor, or do you want to be a celebrity? I made that decision when I went to Juilliard. I wanted to be an actor. So, if I get the opportunity to be an actor and do some cool, fun and interesting projects, I'm going to do that.
blow two roles
Everybody knows when you've got a role in a Spike Lee movie, you're gonna blow up. But I happen to be the only person who's had the lead in the two Spike Lee movies nobody saw.
avengers
I'm happy to be an Avenger!
fun cities san-francisco
I did this movie with Spike Lee called 'Sucker Free City,' and that would have to be my favorite role by far. It was just so much fun to work with Spike and shoot in San Francisco.
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I enjoy where I am and I don't have a problem with being Steve Buscemi, Stanley Tucci, Don Cheadle, or Jeffrey Wright. They're not the lead of every movie they're in, but every time you see them they're really good.
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I was raised with a sense of entrepreneurship - my father owned a roofing business, and I grew up with the idea that you never want someone telling you what you can and cannot do.
jobs team effort
With being an Avenger there's not really a hierarchy. Everybody gets to make decisions, everybody's put in a position to save the day as opposed to standing there while one person flies in and saves the day and you're like, "Good job!" Avengers is really a team effort.