Michael B. Jordan Quotes

Somehow, I don't see myself doing a lead role.

I am capable of holding the quote-unquote 'title' of leading man. Leading man just means people want to see you and assume that you can hold a film, carry a movie.

Every young actor wants this feeling of being the solo lead in a film.

I would be lying if I would say that I never wanted to be a lead actor. But at the same time, I would say it's a lot of responsibility also; it's too much responsibility.

I do feel that I have the capacity to carry a full film on my shoulder.

There are no small parts. Only small actors.

Listen, I like great actors. You can be a movie star without being a great actor - this has been proved several times - and I like my casts to have great actors. Acting is more important to me than being a star.

We want the best actor, and that's why Matt Damon worked so well in this role, because he's a great actor.

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

Why can't I ever play a nice, normal, salt-of-the-earth type? Is there something I should know? It's fun to play villains and character roles, of course - but I'm sure it's also fun to be a really big star and play the lead in everything, where all you have to do is show up and not blink.

I actually would not want the pressure of a lead in a series.

I will only do a Bollywood film if I am offered the main lead role.

I wanted people to know I could play a glamorous role too.

I love Mike Winters. He's such a great actor.

I'm gonna be always the main event.

Iwan Rheon is a great actor, and he's going to go on to a long brilliant career. And most of the characters he'll play will not be evil. He's not one of those who can only play a bad guy.

We can find athletes. The biggest challenge is personality. It's finding charisma. In most sports, they tell you to turn down the personality. Look like everyone else on the team. It's the team; it's not you. In this, it's the opposite. It's you, not the team. We want you to become the big star.

Being a lead role in a play in Vegas? Like, come on! How much bigger can it get?

I'm not really that interested in going back to playing small supporting roles.

When I see an emotion being enacted by a great actor, I always feel I can never do that.

Some actors merely have to appear before the camera and they are able to convey exactly what the director wants.

There are two categories of actresses: performance-oriented ones and glamourous ones.

It's so fun being on the stage and in the spotlight.

I would absolutely love to do something with Viola Davis or Meryl Streep. I just think both of those women fall so deep into their characters that you are no longer looking at the actresses, you are looking at the characters they embraced.

I have done performance-based roles earlier, films which revolved around me. 'Kshatriya' was one such solid role. And, at that time, people had written good things about it.