Bokeem Woodbine
Bokeem Woodbine
Bokeem Woodbineis an American actor. He is mostly known for his role as Mike Milligan on the second season of Fargo. For his performance, he won a Black Reel Award, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Critics' Choice Television Award...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth13 April 1973
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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I was cocky and arrogant when I was younger. I thought that if I delivered a good performance, and put my best foot forward, that would be enough to get people's attention. So in my naivety, I cut my legs off at the knees, because I didn't realize that oftentimes it doesn't matter about the performance... it's the media that creates stars.
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Acting is an opportunity for me to try to explore and examine and expose humanity's weaknesses that are intrinsic to our nature as humans and learn from them; thereby, it's like a sociological expose.
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I typically don't get into predicting the success of my projects. I've been involved with a lot of projects that I thought should have really gained notoriety and furthered my career, only to be met with the cold grasp of disappointment. So I typically stay away from predicting how a film will do.
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It's not in my nature to chop people's heads off, per se, or rob a bank or any crazy thing I've done on screen. I'm just comfortable reading a book or spending time with my wife and my daughter or watching the fight on TV with the fellas.
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You can be a dynamic actor, but could never be a star if you never spend time with the media. That's something that I neglected to do.