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" I can do a backflip on the spot. I learned how from watching 'Ninja Turtles' movies as a kid. Whenever the Turtles got in trouble with their teacher, Master Splinter, he'd make them practice backflips as punishment - and I was so focused on becoming one of the Turtles that I taught myself how to do one, too. "

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" I'm from a very violent city. I'm from New Orleans, Louisiana, and it's good to see me be able to express my art, have a good opportunity for my life, make history and say something, without being violent. "

Jason Mitchell

Good

Opportunity

Life

" The worst thing in the world is telling yourself you can't do something. "

" I just never really understood the reason I understood movies so well, and I didn't realize that me being such a people-watcher was even a gift at all. "

Jason Mitchell

Reason

Realize

" Growing up in New Orleans and just being in a poverty-stricken neighborhood gave me that same fire that Eazy had to separate himself from what could have ended up being such a bad situation. "

" Growing up in New Orleans helped me live a real life. I experienced so many things. "

Jason Mitchell

Growing Up

Growing

" 'Straight Outta Compton' is not a story we didn't know about or anything like that, but it's just something that resonated really well... It had no choice but to explode. "

Jason Mitchell

Just

Know

" I was the epitome of rags to riches. "

" You can't be Eazy-E and not move a certain way, basically. So, I studied the culture of it, and also, one of my uncles is from L.A., and he's great. He was like my performance coach. He helped me get the lingo down pat. He helped me get a lot of things down pat because I would talk in that accent for 10 hours a day. "

Jason Mitchell

Day

Culture

" I met Leonardo DiCaprio and Busta Rhymes the same night, on my birthday in New York. "

" I lived the street life for a minute; I lost a lot of friends. "

" I'm from New Orleans, Louisiana. It's not a black-and-white type of thing down there. It's a very cultural place. Everybody has the same accent. It's not like if you're white we can't hang with you or anything like that. So it's easy for us to call each other out on our things. "

" If you get it right, it's the most grand thing you could ever do. So many people let biopics slip through their fingers, but the opportunity to play Eazy-E could change my life. "

" I didn't really plan on fame. I never really factored that part into my life. "

" I want people to have learned from me. When you watch movies that we grew up on, they teach you life lessons about friendship, brotherhood, integrity, but it's still funny and something you can watch as a family. I want to bring that back to our culture in general. "

" I'm very acrobatic. I can do backflips and all that crazy stuff. "

" I auditioned for 'Pitch Perfect,' and I had to sing. It was terrible. "

" Anybody who knows me knows that I'm just here to put a smile on people's faces. "

Jason Mitchell

Here

Just

" I eat a lot. I'm a big sandwich dude. Turkey, mayonnaise, mustard, cheese, yes. I love craft services. "

" I didn't know how capable I was until the people around me in acting school would say I was good. "

" I already have two movies in the can, low-key, which are 'Vincent-N-Roxxy' and 'Keanu' with Key and Peele, which is my first comedy, and it's going to be super dope, definitely funny. They're so great, and they've been such life coaches to me. "

Jason Mitchell

Movies

Comedy

" I've lived so much life as a young man. New Orleans, we got terms, and one's like, 'He jumped off the porch early.' That's kind of what happened to me. I had to grow up really quick. "

Jason Mitchell

Man

Young Man

" History is history, and it has to be told, and with 'Mudbound,' it's beautiful because you get to sit with both sides - the white and the black - and see where we meet each other at the end of the day and see where we tear each other apart. "

" I've realized the person that I've always been and this gift that I've always had just had to be brought to light. It surprised me the most that being more who I am and not who I thought I had to be would make me successful. "

" I've got a friendly smile, a greeting smile, and a you-know-exactly-what-I'm-thinking smile. "