Anthony Mackie

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. ”

The great thing about it is, in Hollywood, certain people are very good at keeping their lives and who they are very private. I've never met anybody as down to earth and cool in Hollywood than Matt Damon. ”

If everyone invested in the neighborhood they lived in, the United States would be a magical place. ”

In New Orleans, where I'm from, the average household income, with two working parents, two kids, a dog and a little fence is $16,000 a year, so $15,000 for a movie sounds pretty good. ”

Acting is the only medium were people think they can just stand up and do it because they can say lines, but that is not so much the case. You have to study styles and techniques. ”

Money always changes the game, when you let a dollar come between you and your friends, your cohorts. ”

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. ”

There are a lot of limitations and stigmas that are placed on young actors, specifically young black actors. ”

Instead of becoming an engineer like my brother, I moved to New York to be an actor. ”

I got a job as soon as I graduated from school. I always wanted to bartend because I love listening to people and how awful their lives are. ”