47 Michael Jai White Quotes That Will Motivate You

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Michael Jai White Quotes – Michael Jai White is an American actor. He is also a martial artist. In 1997 Michael Jai White portrayed a superhero in a comic book. He portrays the superhero in the motion picture. The name of this hero is Al Simmons.

Michael Jai White first portrays it in the film Spawn. He also appears as Marcus Williams in many different films. The name of these films includes Why Did I Get Married? and Why Did I Get Married Too?

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He also plays different characters on the television comedy-drama series. Michael Jai White also portrayed Jax Briggs, Cyborg Seth, and the boxer Mike Tyson. Michael Jai White inspires many people with his work.

He inspires other people in life. For you, we have added some famous Michael Jai White quotes. These quotes might give you the inspiration to live your dreams. You might get the motivation to do hard work in life.

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Motivational Michael Jai White Quotes

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2.”Since I do seven different styles of martial arts, I don’t foresee myself fighting the same in any two movies.”– Michael Jai White

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3.” I think every fighting style should fit the character that’s doing the fighting.”  – Michael Jai White

4.”In reality, there are very few villains who view themselves as villains. They just have a certain agenda at a certain time.”– Michael Jai White

5.”When you don’t have much money, you get creative.”– Michael Jai White

6.” There’s so much money that gets wasted on big movie sets. But when you don’t have much money, you improvise.”   – Michael Jai White

7.”I feel like I’ll be defined more so by … when I get a chance to play roles where I’m the father/husband.”– Michael Jai White

8.” I’d like to continue with the action stuff, but when I get to play the father/husband role, I think that will be the time where I’m playing who I really am.”– Michael Jai White

9.” I look forward to playing those kind of heroic characters, the types that are usually associated with Denzel Washington.”– Michael Jai White

10.”I don’t cook. I think they named the ‘Mike’-rowave after me.”– Michael Jai White

11.”I feel like I missed my era, because I remember the time when black people uplifted each other and looked for the positives.”– Michael Jai White

12.’ I feel sorry for the people who live their lives in the negative default setting because they filter out what’s good, and that’s no way to live.”– Michael Jai White

13.”The first movie I ever saw was a blaxploitation movie. It was called ‘Monkey Hustle.’ Like I said, just listen to the name. That’s a blaxploitation movie.”– Michael Jai White

14.” It had these incredible, bigger-than-life images of people who looked like I did. Or who looked like I wanted to look like.”  – Michael Jai White

15.”To me, the responsibility of an actor is to recreate humanity honestly.”– Michael Jai White

16.” I never feel like an actor, I always look at it from a blue collar perspective.”  – Michael Jai White

17.”There’s all kinds of depictions of black men. You have the Denzel Washingtons and the Will Smiths; that’s wonderful, but that doesn’t represent everyone. There’s a Russell Crowe… well, you know, there’s a black Russell Crowe.”– Michael Jai White

18.”I enjoy playing real human beings after playing a lot of larger than life characters.”– Michael Jai White

19.” I love playing true to life characters and that is what I intend to do for the majority of my career.”– Michael Jai White

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21.”I’m a big fan of Steven Seagal early films. On Deadly Ground, I’ll watch that anytime it comes on. That’s one of the reasons I wanted to work with him.”– Michael Jai White

22.” I remember that he’s got a great eye for photography. There was a lot that I learned from that.”  – Michael Jai White

23.”I go to gyms quite a bit, martial arts gyms, MMA gyms. I try to train with the best people, with who’s who in the martial arts, just to keep myself sharp.”– Michael Jai White

24.”It doesn’t seem weird to me, at all. I’m in Baton Rouge getting ready to direct a movie for Sony, and I’m in the movie and I’m directing it.”– Michael Jai White

25.” I know it’s kind of this thing where some people find it difficult.”– Michael Jai White

26.” I just finished a movie with Mario Van Peebles and he acted and directed as well too. I think we all feel similar that it just kind of seems natural.”– Michael Jai White

27.”Just by nature, I think in comedy. I think in sketches and what have you.”– Michael Jai White

28.” In every drama or action movie I’ve been in, I have to make a concerted effort not to turn it into a comedy. Every shot, before action is called and after cut is called, I’m usually in some goofy head space. It feels natural to me.”– Michael Jai White

29.”My favorite TV couple is Edith and Archie Bunker. Because they were such individuals that I can’t imagine anyone else playing them. And I think that Archie was one of the greatest characters ever on television. Even with his flaws, you loved him.” – Michael Jai White

30.”I love the ’70s. I think the ’70s had the best music and the best movies.”  – Michael Jai White

31.”In my early childhood, I was a performer by nature. I used to do puppet shows as a kid and entertain kids in classes and the teachers would make it a point that I was the entertainer of the class, but only after high school and in college that I started doing theater and acting classes, because I thought it would be fun.”  – Michael Jai White

32.”I have a nineteen-month old daughter. I totally don’t mind devoting time to her. When you have a kid, it’s hard to go out to the movies. I really don’t know what’s going on with comic book movies.”  – Michael Jai White

33.”Recognizing absolutely depends on the public that I’m out with. If I’m in Atlanta, it’s definitely Why Did I Get Married. If I’m in Seattle, it’s Spawn or something like that. I’m known for a lot of different things. People will call me Bone a lot, the action aficionados.. People who like comedy, they call me Black Dynamite.”– Michael Jai White

34.”I’m a big Harrison Ford fan. I kind of pattern a lot of things after him, the way that he’s an every man. He’s one of the biggest action stars ever, but he transcends that term because he’s such a good actor. I tend to really appreciate the stuff he’s done.”  – Michael Jai White

35.“I enjoy logic and logic puzzles. And filmmaking is one fun logic puzzle that you gotta win.” – Michael Jai White

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37.” The majority of the roles that I’ve played have had very little to do with being black. It doesn’t matter what color you are.”– Michael Jai White

38.”It’s not really a preparation when you know the character that you’re playing. It’s not too difficult. It would be more difficult the first time, I guess.”   – Michael Jai White

39.”There’s people saying that ‘Jackie Brown’ was a blaxploitation movie, when there’s nothing at all blaxploitation about it other than Pam Grier being in it.”– Michael Jai White

40.”Directing was a natural thing for me. Actually, it was far less stressful directing than being the lead actor. “– Michael Jai White

41.”I was able to have my input in all aspects of it.”– Michael Jai White

42.”I was pretty much a child of Monty Python.”– Michael Jai White

43.” I grew up loving that type of humor and even structured a lot of humor in the same fashion.”  – Michael Jai White

44.”People know Tyler Perry, and there are standards they’ve come to expect from him. His brand is uplifting, and it’s something a lot of inner-city African-Americans can relate to.”   – Michael Jai White

45.”I did not think I had what it took to be an actor, because most of the actors that I encountered were people who were very narcissistic and I thought since I lacked narcissism to become an actor because that’s what it took. “– Michael Jai White

46.”It was more of a social experiment for me to walk in the shoes of other people that I found interesting.”– Michael Jai White

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Many times we have to play different roles in life. How you play these rules depend on yourself. Every role that you find in life takes it seriously. Every relationship that you live in has a role.

So take it seriously and enjoy it. If you are not good in something or any role, then never degrade yourself. Try to improve it and give your best. Because everyone has the power to do things perfectly.

“I take every role seriously.”– Michael Jai White

You can do anything in life that you want to do. Michael Jai White has to play a number of roles in his life. He does this his entire life. He always takes every role in his life seriously.

Michael Jai White inspires and motivates many people. By reading the quotes of Michael Jai White, you might get the motivation to do hard work and always give your best.