Mike Colter Quotes

Never say "never" about anything, because if you do, life has a way of humbling you.

History repeats itself over and over again, but most of us have short memories.

A lot of times in life, women want to talk, but men don't want to listen, and if they do want to listen, they turn it back to themselves.

The writers are very good about misdirection and changeups, and that's what's great about it. We always think we know what's going to happen and then they throw a curveball that you don't see coming.

Never take anything at face value. Dare to question and seek the truth.

I haven't had ice-cream in a year, although I did have a slice of pizza. People don't realise that when you're shooting a movie it's only three months to get in shape for.

Part of acting is always just being available emotionally and open to people.

I like to take a break, but at the same time, I think most actors are not very good at sitting around doing nothing because we like to work.

I try to stay incognito as much as I can. I don't go places that people would expect to see me because I'm trying to lay low.

It's hard to articulate what everybody else is feeling.

I worked at a group home for a survival job years ago, and kids who have a rough home life have always tugged at my heart-strings. I also care a lot about animal cruelty.

As an actor, I need to get excited about something that I can actually relate to.

I'm a very un-excitable person. I always take things with a grain of salt, I'm always very even-keeled, and I'm always waiting for the other shoe to drop.

We pride ourselves on all being unique shows.

Jessica Jones is very unique, and we are all in awe of the response from the public. It seems that everyone connected with the character, and we enjoyed shooting it.

So often, when you're playing the lead in your own show, it is all about you.

I've learned over the years, when someone is complaining or wants to vent and has something they want to tell you, they don't necessarily want you to fix it.

I'm actually filming all the time, and I don't have much time to do anything. I've always been that way.

Most of the people you look at in the early days of Harlem - the zoot suits, the music, the style of fashion, the vibrant colors - that's all influences from the south.

You see a lot of Baptist churches in Harlem, you see a lot of the same kind of cuisine, the soul food - there's a lot of places that remind you of its southern roots.

Harlem is really a melting pot for a lot of different people.

I don't have social media so I'm kind of in a bubble, but I hear there's a lot going on.

Love, for me, is always wanting the best for the other person even if it's not what's best for you.

I don't practice yoga, but it's on my list of things to try again. I gave it a shot, but the class was too advanced for me, and I felt overwhelmed and a little embarrassed.

As long as I didn't have to put on the tiara and the chains and the big yellow shirt for the whole series, I was up for anything.

As an actor, you learn, every time you work.

If things are not working out, they just stop going forward.

I met some people in college and I kept cracking away until someone pointed me in the right direction.

Dialogue is not always the best way to show emotion, to show your thought process, or to reveal yourself, as a character.

Things don't happen that fast in real life.

Sometimes you meet someone at an inopportune moment and it doesn't work out, but then you see them again five years later and you're in different places and it's a better time.

I respond to women who have their stuff together, who are in charge, who don't need men to do things for them. I want a woman to have her own thing.

I see fans all the time. They're always very complimentary and they're always very eager to talk and to share their experiences or get a selfie. They're really, really loyal. And intense.

I'm embarrassed to say that I don't have a lot of hobbies. It's not because I don't have interests, it's just that I don't have the time.

I don't have a routine, but I have used meditation to just decompress and focus.

Comic book heroes are an important part of our culture.

I rarely feel like I'm in chaos, but when I am, I usually [retreat] and try to find the eye of the storm; if I'm still and listen and don't engage, maybe the chaos will subside.

In real life, people end up doing things because it's convenient and it works for them. You don't get up every day regretting what you're doing.

When something tragic happens in the world and I realize that, for the most part, I am powerless to stop it.

I'm pretty relaxed on what people should be able to do as long as they're not hurting anybody else.

As an actor you just want to continue to work on things that you like. You can be in this business a long time and consistently working and just be totally artistically unfulfilled.

The awkward thing is the people in the room besides us. It's not us. It's just the 20 or 30 people that are around on set, who normally wouldn't be on set. That's always interesting.

As professionals, we just try to keep the jokes to a minimum, when we're in a certain situation. When we're not doing that, we're joking.

I'll get a nice little break, after doing Jessica Jones and Luke Cage. Whether I'm in [his show], I don't know, but there's The Defenders.

I guess it's a bit cliché, but as an actor, I really admire good writing. There are a lot of great ideas out there, but it's the execution that really makes it work.

When I find material that gives me a natural yet unique character point of view and has well - developed characters throughout the script, it makes the hairs on my arm stand up.

When you're the lead and on most of the call sheets, some people have expectations of you and whether you like it or not, you kind of set the tone.

I think when people talk about art imitating life, you're in real time.

Some people get divorced, they leave the person for a couple of years, then they remarry. Relationships are very, very strange.

When you're casting, you get a page or two - just enough to do the scene. Now that you're in the world, you get the whole script.