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" For me, staying ready has always been, like, the preparations: do the behind-the-scenes or do what you think that's not sexy that nobody will see, but when they do see it, it's like, 'Oh, snap... what she's doing on her own, we'll add to that, and it'll blow up.' "

Yvonne Orji

She

Doing

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" My actual desire is to be able to comfortably walk out of my house without any makeup on and feel as beautiful as I do when my makeup artist beats my face. "

" Don't take it personally if you're met with opposition. Work hard anyway. "

" 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. "

" Everyone has met or seen or interacted with a Nigerian in America because we leave Nigeria for here. We're your doctors. We're your lawyers. We're your child's best friend. All of the above. "

" When it comes to black female comedians, it's like, if you're not overweight, are you funny? There's rules, like, you can't be skinny and pretty and funny. I'm all three, sorry to break it to you. "

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

" I think there is this narrative that if you are a black woman, and you are strong, and you are educated, it's like, 'Good luck getting a black man.' "

" You can't tell me no, because you can't tell Jesus no. It doesn't work. "

Yvonne Orji

You

Jesus

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

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

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

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

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

" 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 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 want to own a comedy club. "

" As for my role models... you know, I'm an immigrant, so we didn't grow up with too much TV. My parents were like, 'You must read your books.' "

" I'm grounded in who I am. "

Yvonne Orji

Grounded

I Am

" Auto-pay is not for convenience; it's for the gainfully employed. "

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Employed

Convenience

" There's a lot of negative speak about what it means to be an immigrant. I'm like, 'OK, I don't know where that came from.' We do the dirty jobs. We do the good jobs. We get the job done. "

" A lot of times, especially in the black community, where therapy is talked about, it's like, 'Just go to church.' "

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Community

Black

" My father just instilled in me that either you're going to be No. 1 or nothing at all. "

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Father

Nothing

" New York is a walking city, so you'll be dressed to the nines, and you'll go out, and you feel more special and more pretty because more people acknowledge you. "

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

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" 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. "

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

" Wanda Sykes and I have had similar career trajectories. We're both from the D.C. area. She spent five years working as a contracting specialist for the NSA, and I got my master's in public health. "

" I have immigrant, African parents. They would say, in their Nigerian accents, 'So you want to be a jester?' And I was like, 'I don't want to be a court jester, Ma. I want to be a comedian.' "

Yvonne Orji

Parents

Immigrant