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Michael B. Jordan

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  1. “But he didn't even say yes. You know, it was one of those things that was in the infantry stages that we didn't, it was nothing was guaranteed. And I think that's how I always approach everything that's nothing's guaranteed. And I got to treat every situation that I'm in like it could be my last. Just because the fear of Lack of opportunity. So I think that's what kind of really got the gears turning towards production and ownership and being able to write and create so I could be able to control my own destiny a little bit more, you know, not wait on the incoming phone calls out your book a little bit. Thank you”

    2023-06-14 · Oprah's Super Soul · Super Soul Special: Michael B. Jordan: Exceeding His Dreams · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  2. “You want to be perfectly honest before we even shot one frame of Fruitville Station, Ryan already pitched to me Creed one. And was like, hey, do you want to go shoot this movie about Apollo Creed's son? And I was like, cool, let's do it. And this is before we even started filming Fruitville Station. So it was that type of trust that we had from the beginning.”

    2023-06-14 · Oprah's Super Soul · Super Soul Special: Michael B. Jordan: Exceeding His Dreams · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  3. “That's going to be hurt me or damage me any type of way. We have an understanding of what we're trying to build and what we're trying to do. You know, any movie that I want to do that, you know, that we want to say something, we want to have any type of meaning to it and really, you know, have a message to come across Ryan's the guy for that. He's not going to get into something that he doesn't fully have his heart into.”

    2023-06-14 · Oprah's Super Soul · Super Soul Special: Michael B. Jordan: Exceeding His Dreams · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  4. “You know, being comfortable, being able to, he says, run through this brick wall. I'm going to trust him. I'm going to go for it. It's not going to hurt. Just run through that brick wall. Okay, cool. Let's do it. Because I know he won't put me in a position.”

    2023-06-14 · Oprah's Super Soul · Super Soul Special: Michael B. Jordan: Exceeding His Dreams · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  5. “Yeah, yeah, I think it's a brotherhood. I think it's, you know, we're the same age, we're from similar places. He's from Oakland. I'm from New York, New Jersey. And it's...”

    2023-06-14 · Oprah's Super Soul · Super Soul Special: Michael B. Jordan: Exceeding His Dreams · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  6. “Yes, for me as a man, as an actor, you know, I've always been a part of Ensemblecast. I never had a chance to, you know, you have very talented actors out there that can't open up a movie or can't be the lead of a film. And I really wanted to know what type of actor I was going to be. If I had the ability, if I had the skills to open up a film in Fruitville Station was the first one I had a chance to be the lead and the success that we had at Sundance and then critically it did very well.”

    2023-06-14 · Oprah's Super Soul · Super Soul Special: Michael B. Jordan: Exceeding His Dreams · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  7. “You're catching up. I'm being smart, you know, constantly reinvesting into the dream. You know, I've never been a really materialistic person. So I think my family has always been the first order of business. And then once I get that kind of taken care of, then it's like, all right.”

    2023-06-14 · Oprah's Super Soul · Super Soul Special: Michael B. Jordan: Exceeding His Dreams · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  8. “No, it's definitely been a thing. You know how with the announcements and trades and everybody's announcing the things that we have going on, they equate that to a total different.”

    2023-06-14 · Oprah's Super Soul · Super Soul Special: Michael B. Jordan: Exceeding His Dreams · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  9. “From Newark, New Jersey, they see you on a commercial or a print ad in the Sunday newspaper, and they think you're a millionaire and you're good to go. Let me borrow this. Let me borrow this.”

    2023-06-14 · Oprah's Super Soul · Super Soul Special: Michael B. Jordan: Exceeding His Dreams · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  10. “Right, yes A lot of people don't understand, I guess, the process of acting and kind of the audition process or when you first start out, you kind of are at the mercy of what you're casted for. But when you get in a position to be able to say no to things or... Because another thing with acting, you become way more famous and popular than you are financially stable.”

    2023-06-14 · Oprah's Super Soul · Super Soul Special: Michael B. Jordan: Exceeding His Dreams · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  11. “So now you gotta dream a bigger dream. Yes, I think over time it's always been Small success to small success to small success. And you set these goals, you know, God's been giving me everything I want at an extreme rate. So it's like, okay, I got to recalibrate. I got to figure out what the next benchmark is. What's the next set of goals that I want to accomplish? So at 32, it's been about ready to drink.”

    2023-06-14 · Oprah's Super Soul · Super Soul Special: Michael B. Jordan: Exceeding His Dreams · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source