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" As strong as we are, we have our moments. My mama is an African woman who had four kids and was a nurse for 25 years, and she had her moments. I've seen her cry. "

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Yvonne Orji

Job

Good

Know

" I entered the Miss Nigeria in America pageant - yes, it's a thing that existed. This was when I was getting my masters. "

" For me, I just stuck to school. I thought you can't be bullied and dumb, so books and I will be friends. "

" My mom would always say, 'Hair is a woman's beauty.' I cut my hair all off. I was completely bald, and that was, like, 'What in the world?' My mom was like, 'What happened?' She had so many questions. "

" I have a saying: Nigerians don't fit in second place. Everything we do we go hard. "

" I came to America when I was six. In true African form, my parents wanted me to be a doctor or lawyer or engineer. "

Yvonne Orji

Lawyer

Doctor

" There's this idea if you are a woman of colour, that you must never let them see you break down. That we've got to show ourselves in the best light, always, as the 'Strong Black Women' and bring that 'black girl magic' all the time. "

" I knew I didn't want to be a doctor but didn't know what I wanted to do. I prayed, and all I heard back was: 'Do comedy.' It was something I had never done before, but I gave in, tried comedy, and the rest is history. "

" I just love new, beautiful music. "

" I believe in the equal and opposite: If I exist, there is an equal and opposite version of me, and so however long I have to wait, and wherever he happens to be, we'll find it. Sometimes it's like, 'Jesus, where he at?' "

" I used to work in public health, and the issues were sustainability, how the funds were being delineated, and if the funds were actually helping the people we think they're helping. "

" I'm just gonna talk about being Nigerian-American. I'm gonna talk about being single. I'm gonna talk about what happened to me on the train today. I'm gonna talk about so many other things that, as a comic, you're able to talk about because you see the world in sarcasm. "

" The thing about black women and black hair is that you just have to experiment. "

" It's great for people to give out of the kindness of their hearts, but because we're in a consumerist society, it's also great to have the opportunity to give and get. "

" I grew up Catholic, so I had a more traditional relationship with religion. "

" What you see on TV is what you believe you can be. "

" There are so many professional women who have to be this boss, but when they get home, it's like, 'Can someone take care of me? Can I not be so powerful?' "

Yvonne Orji

Women

Home

" People are surprised I do comedy! And I'm like, 'Guys, that's all I have been doing. For, like, forever.' "

Yvonne Orji

Doing

Forever

" I always say my Christianity and my virginity don't limit options. I think that they refine my options. "

" I want to own a comedy club. "

" I love a dark brown blush, like brown on brown. "

" Getting into comedy was difficult for my parents to comprehend. I think now they are really proud I stuck to it. "

" High school is really when I came into my own. "

" I would never do something I'm uncomfortable with. "

" Every time you're on stage, you're acting. "

" Some people just don't subscribe to labels. "

" I remember, growing up, it wasn't sexy to be African. We got called names. "

" A lot of people hustle differently, and I was like, 'You know what, let me hustle and create, and let me have something to show,' cuz my hustle led to opportunity. "

Yvonne Orji

People

Opportunity

" I like things to happen organically. "

" I don't even know anyone who hasn't watched 'Sex and the City.' If you didn't, we can't be friends. "