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" Hollywood panders to the 18-to-34 crowd. That demographic doesn't care about race and the package it comes in. They care about the hottest chick. They just like hot chicks. "

Gabrielle Union

Hot

Race

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Gabrielle Union

My Life

Think

" But I prefer to go to comedies. Give me Julia Roberts smiling anyday. "

Gabrielle Union

Smiling

Prefer

" I don't function well in chaos, whether it be my sheets or the dishwasher. "

" You come to work and you laugh all day, you go home and you feel light and there's a certain feeling when you're sitting with the audience and they leave after 90 minutes and it's just pure escapism and they're happy. "

" All minorities think they're immune, but we're absolutely part of the one in five that gets skin cancer! It's a myth, and myths are meant to be debunked! "

" I'm the kind of person whose clothes are all hung up and color-coordinated, to the point where my whites don't touch my creams. "

Gabrielle Union

Person

Touch

" I like meat and carbohydrates. "

Gabrielle Union

Carbohydrates

Meat

" I've always had an interest in sports across the board. "

" I realized I had been keeping people around even when deep down I knew they were bad for me. I had overridden myself. "

" In my career, there have been roles I haven't taken because someone involved with the project gave me a bad vibe. I don't care how much money is on the table: No job is worth feeling uneasy every day. "

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Money

Job

" I'm not sensitive, I'm not a weepy person. "

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Sensitive

Person

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" I just thought acting would be something to help out with my student loans, but my first year as an actress, I made more money than my parents. That's when I realized it could turn into a career. After that, I put everything I had into it. "

" You have to be resilient. "

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Resilient

You

" Reality TV looks more like America than movies do. "

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Movies

Reality

" I don't get enough sleep so I always have undereye bags. "