Don Cheadle

I got an AT&T commercial. Wow. where a kid was supposed to be on the phone and sort of trying to dodge the questions that his mom was asking because he was not doing so well. She goes, how are your grades? And he's like, my grades? I can't hear you. This connection is bad. She's like, no, I can hear you great. And it was AT&T. You know, you can't fake the funk. You know, one of those things.

I got an AT&T commercial. Wow. where a kid was supposed to be on the phone and sort of trying to dodge the questions that his mom was asking because he was not doing so well. She goes, how are your grades? And he's like, my grades? I can't hear you. This connection is bad. She's like, no, I can hear you great. And it was AT&T. You know, you can't fake the funk. You know, one of those things.

I got an AT&T commercial. Wow. where a kid was supposed to be on the phone and sort of trying to dodge the questions that his mom was asking because he was not doing so well. She goes, how are your grades? And he's like, my grades? I can't hear you. This connection is bad. She's like, no, I can hear you great. And it was AT&T. You know, you can't fake the funk. You know, one of those things.

Wow, yeah, the irony of that.

Wow, yeah, the irony of that.

Wow, yeah, the irony of that.

That is crazy. That's what's going to happen. So I actually did get fired from a job I got. That was the first one. But yeah, but for me, the acting thing has been, I've been, like I said, I've been very blessed, very fortunate. But the directing part of it, yeah, it's really just, it's been...

That is crazy. That's what's going to happen. So I actually did get fired from a job I got. That was the first one. But yeah, but for me, the acting thing has been, I've been, like I said, I've been very blessed, very fortunate. But the directing part of it, yeah, it's really just, it's been...

That is crazy. That's what's going to happen. So I actually did get fired from a job I got. That was the first one. But yeah, but for me, the acting thing has been, I've been, like I said, I've been very blessed, very fortunate. But the directing part of it, yeah, it's really just, it's been...

These particular experiences I've had, not when I've directed my show, that's a little bit more of a comfort zone, a little bit more support I've had and a little bit more resources and people to rely on. But, you know, I made, we made Miles Ahead for $8.5 million. in a town that had only done one other movie before that where we would show up and there was no redundancy in the departments.

These particular experiences I've had, not when I've directed my show, that's a little bit more of a comfort zone, a little bit more support I've had and a little bit more resources and people to rely on. But, you know, I made, we made Miles Ahead for $8.5 million. in a town that had only done one other movie before that where we would show up and there was no redundancy in the departments.

These particular experiences I've had, not when I've directed my show, that's a little bit more of a comfort zone, a little bit more support I've had and a little bit more resources and people to rely on. But, you know, I made, we made Miles Ahead for $8.5 million. in a town that had only done one other movie before that where we would show up and there was no redundancy in the departments.

We'd have two cameras and only one cameraman. I'd be like, where's Phil? It's like, oh, he took a commercial in Dayton. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, coming in one day and I was like, where's the... We had her in the scene. She's like, yeah, she didn't want to come today. I'm like, but she's in the scene. They're like, yeah, she doesn't want to come.

We'd have two cameras and only one cameraman. I'd be like, where's Phil? It's like, oh, he took a commercial in Dayton. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, coming in one day and I was like, where's the... We had her in the scene. She's like, yeah, she didn't want to come today. I'm like, but she's in the scene. They're like, yeah, she doesn't want to come.

We'd have two cameras and only one cameraman. I'd be like, where's Phil? It's like, oh, he took a commercial in Dayton. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, coming in one day and I was like, where's the... We had her in the scene. She's like, yeah, she didn't want to come today. I'm like, but she's in the scene. They're like, yeah, she doesn't want to come.

So I'm like, put this woman in the dress, turn her back to the camera. Like every day it was something like that.

So I'm like, put this woman in the dress, turn her back to the camera. Like every day it was something like that.

So I'm like, put this woman in the dress, turn her back to the camera. Like every day it was something like that.

Just... But the problems that didn't make sense, like the fire alarm going off and then the fire, then the actual firemen coming and coming in while we're shooting the scene. And so, okay, I guess we'll shoot this MOS and just mime all these things. We'll do it in post. I get, you know, just every day it was something like that. My wife came out to see me and she said, you can't do this anymore.

Just... But the problems that didn't make sense, like the fire alarm going off and then the fire, then the actual firemen coming and coming in while we're shooting the scene. And so, okay, I guess we'll shoot this MOS and just mime all these things. We'll do it in post. I get, you know, just every day it was something like that. My wife came out to see me and she said, you can't do this anymore.