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Salim Akil Quotes

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I know and understand the result of extreme violence in my own life, in my friends' lives, and so I know what violence really is.

Life Friends Violence Result Know

I don't think I'll ever do a show with violence where there's no consequences, 'cause I know the consequences.

Think Violence Consequences Know

I've worked in a mortuary and seen the consequences of what guns and knives do to people.

People Consequences Guns Seen Knives

Jefferson Pierce is the epitome of what black men are: He loves his wife, his children, and the community.

Community Children Men Wife Black

Black folk have been 'the other' in shows and movies and in life for quite a long time. Not from our perspective, we're not 'the other,' but from other people's perspective we have been 'the other.'

Life Time Perspective People Black

Black Lightning, Jefferson Pierce, Thunder, and Lightning deserve their own show because they are not 'the other.' They are legitimate superheroes in their own right, and so they deserve the full breadth of exploration. That's what makes them worthy, and that's why they deserve it. They are not 'the other.' They are 'the the.'

Black Exploration Why Deserve Right

A lot of African Americans, especially men, deal with this as a part of life. I've been pulled over by the police in my life, and I think I've only gotten a ticket once. It's just a part of everyday life, and it doesn't matter if you're in the car with your children or by yourself.

Life Car Children Men Police Think

When you're young, taking a risk doesn't necessarily feel like a risk because you're young.

Feel You Young Risk Because Like

I had been pulled over quite a bit by police officers, especially in Santa Monica and Culver City.

Police City Police Officers Over Had

I feel like I have a responsibility to be true to who I am as an artist, first and foremost.

Responsibility I Am Artist Be True

If there's a responsibility, it's just to be honest in what I've experienced and to put it in my work.

Work Responsibility Honest Just Put

It's a wonderful thing to see 'Wonder Woman' directed by a woman. That did have an affect on the character, the , and the nuances of that film. That's the same thing my wife, Mara Brock Akil, and I are doing taking on 'Black Lightning.'

Character Wife Woman Black Doing

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