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" Cooking for my son is a challenge. I have to feed him right. He can't eat French fries and candy every day. "
Kym Whitley
Eat
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Candy
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" My parents were funny. My brothers were funny. We just laughed and had a good time. Growing up, it breeds that. It breeds your funny. It breeds your creativity. "
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" Sometimes, moms have to be creative to get their babies to eat healthy. "
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Sometimes
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" It feels like I'm in a swimming pool, and I am constantly trying to stay above water. Sometimes I feel like I'm slipping, and you try to come up for air, and that's how it is when looking for the next role. "
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" Sometimes you have to change the mold. If people keep following the same Hollywood mold, you're going to get the same thing. And as a Black actress, there's not a whole lot out there for us, unless we're creating it. "
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" Of course I watch 'Life with La Toya' on OWN. "
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" My parenting style is probably like that of my parents, because you do how you learn. My mother was very nurturing and loving, but very stern. She was a disciplinary. My dad was also very loving. "
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" I encourage people to get a village so that there will always be someone who's like family looking out for your child. "
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" I'm always fighting with profanity and Christian comedy. I'm telling you, it's always a fight. Because my father said to me, he said, 'Well, Kym, I feel like comics and people that use profanity, you have a lack of vocabulary, actually, a whole lot.' "
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" I want adopted people to know they were chosen. "
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" Shaker Heights, Ohio is a predominately white neighborhood. It was when I moved in, and it still is. "
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Heights
Ohio
" I love female company. I love men, but women are different. "
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" Voice work is the best - no need to dress up, no audience, no pressure, nobody's judging you. "
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You
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" I saw Nichelle Nichols in 'Truck Turner,' and she was so good. "
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Truck
" I've always wanted to be a man for a day. "
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" I've thought my show would be a sitcom or a talk show. Never in a million years would I have thought my show would be docu-series/reality because you always think reality is something crazy. "
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You
Thought
" It's so much easier when you're a size two or three to just slip on anything. But a big girl, sometimes you've got to strap some stuff down! "
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You
Girl
" My cousin was Ron O'Neal, who was 'Superfly.' Films like 'Shaft' and 'Superfly' were the biggest things out there in the early '70s. It's hard to remember just how big they were - how much impact they had on the culture, the music, the fashions, the hair styles. "
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Hair
Culture
" I love Cleveland, and I love going back home. That's where my family is. That's where my roots are. "
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Back
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" We still have to create things for African American women. Just like Tyler Perry is doing it, we can't wait for things to happen; you have to go and make and create roles and go to people. "
Kym Whitley
Go
American
You
" I think the arts are absolutely necessary for children to be creative and express themselves because every child is different. "
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" So many people are busy working now, but we need to go back to the old days when grandma and the neighbors helped raise the children, and we were all the better for it. "
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Need
" I've always had an entourage. Even when I was a little kid, I had a lot of little children following around me. "
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Even
Always
" I come from a long line of architects. I'm the only one who did not become an architect, but I've been around the drawing aspect and construction my whole life. "
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Long
Drawing
" After my episode of 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' ran, Larry David and JJ Abrams were like, 'I discovered her,' but I was like 'Hold up. Please. I'm from 'Next Friday.' Everybody knows me!' "
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" I believe that people just want to laugh and have a good time. "
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" In the African American community, we are very 'hush, hush' about things in our life. "
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" Back in the day, we ate fresh; our parents cooked. Now, we're starting to think things are fresh because they're in a can, they're in a box, or they're frozen. That's not fresh. It's difficult to get real fresh. "
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" I'm not cheap, I'm thrifty. "
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" When I first came to Los Angeles, I was a teacher in Compton. I know how in need schools are around the country. "
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First
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" I've always dreamed of becoming a mother. I thought I would get married and do it all the traditional way, but life kept going on, my career kept me busy - and I had not stopped to become a mommy. "
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