Author: Anthony Mackie

Quotes

I went to school and made good grades and went to college. So I was afforded an opportunity through my parents' hard work that most people don't have.

I went to school and made good grades and went to college. So I was afforded an opportunity through my parents' hard work that most people don't have.

- 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.

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.

- Anthony Mackie

With all the movies I've done, I still get recognized from my episode of 'Law & Order' more than anything else. It never fails.

With all the movies I've done, I still get recognized from my episode of 'Law & Order' more than anything else. It never fails.

- Anthony Mackie

Everybody knows when you've got a role in a Spike Lee movie, you're gonna blow up. But I happen to be the only person who's had the lead in the two Spike Lee movies nobody saw.

Everybody knows when you've got a role in a Spike Lee movie, you're gonna blow up. But I happen to be the only person who's had the lead in the two Spike Lee movies nobody saw.

- Anthony Mackie

At Juilliard, I couldn't afford to have fun. I went to school and stayed home.

At Juilliard, I couldn't afford to have fun. I went to school and stayed home.

- Anthony Mackie

I like movies. Movies have afforded me a modicum of luxuries. The thing about the movies is, if you're bad in a movie, you're bad forever.

I like movies. Movies have afforded me a modicum of luxuries. The thing about the movies is, if you're bad in a movie, you're bad forever.

- Anthony Mackie

I did this movie with Spike Lee called 'Sucker Free City,' and that would have to be my favorite role by far. It was just so much fun to work with Spike and shoot in San Francisco.

I did this movie with Spike Lee called 'Sucker Free City,' and that would have to be my favorite role by far. It was just so much fun to work with Spike and shoot in San Francisco.

- Anthony Mackie

The stage is my first love.

The stage is my first love.

- Anthony Mackie

I would love to be a superhero.

I would love to be a superhero.

- Anthony Mackie

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