Michael B. Jordan's Quotes

Acting I'll do forever, but I want to produce and stuff as well.

As an actor, you always dream of having material that showcases what you can do.

Don't pretend to know everything. I've been blessed to work with a lot of veteran actors, and I soak up lessons from them like a sponge.

Honestly, I want to do films. I want to make that move from actor to producer, like Will Smith.

I like the old '90s music.

I love sports. I've played basketball, baseball, soccer, tennis, track and field growing up.

I want to do more films.

I'm a comic book fan.

I'm a tropical weather cruiser. I like surfing, you know. I like being on the beach.

I've never been the kind of guy to hype myself up. It's just not my thing.

Never played football, but I'm an athlete. I'm a competitor.

Playing a bad guy would be fun, I'm not going to lie. I'd definitely do that in a heartbeat, because it's so out of my nature.

That's one of the fun parts of becoming an actor: You can become whoever you want to be.

Definitely, as I get older and my taste buds change, I want to do different things. I'm not ready for directing yet, you know, maybe when I get my big boy voice; I don't have that yet, but right now definitely producing for sure.

I think everyone starts in the mailroom at some point! It's a right of passage. Your boss has to throw something at you and order you around for at least two years.

I was born in Orange County - in Santa Ana. My dad is from California. I was raised on the East Coast. My first two years were in California, but I claim East Coast. I'm sorry, I don't rep California.

I'm an athlete; I've got an ego when stunt doubles have to come in. Not an ego like that, but when it comes to physical stuff, if I didn't have to have a stunt double, I would always probably do it myself unless the producers were jumping in and stopping me.

I'm not saying no to anything, at least as far as reading scripts. I don't care if it's television or films but, personally, I would say I'd like to establish myself more in film.

L.A. is cool. If I could have the rest of my family out there, I think it would make it that much better for me. As far as work and the weather, you can't really beat it. I just wish they had the New York social life out there. That would make it perfect.

You start at a young age, going on auditions, and you think you did a good job and expect to get that role, and you don't, and it's a letdown, a disappointment. So you tell yourself to just do the work and disconnect, because you have no control over the outcome.