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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. "
Kym Whitley
Looking
Child
Family
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" I am a different kind of celebrity; I don't have the big, giant house, the fancy cars, and all the designer stuff. I am just a girl from Cleveland. "
Kym Whitley
Girl
Big
I Am
" 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.' "
Kym Whitley
People
Fight
Fighting
" Voice work is the best - no need to dress up, no audience, no pressure, nobody's judging you. "
Kym Whitley
Work
You
Voice
" Shaker Heights, Ohio is a predominately white neighborhood. It was when I moved in, and it still is. "
Kym Whitley
Neighborhood
Heights
Ohio
" I want adopted people to know they were chosen. "
Kym Whitley
Adopted
Want
People
" 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! "
Kym Whitley
Three
You
Girl
" 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. "
Kym Whitley
Day
Parents
Think
" Of course I watch 'Life with La Toya' on OWN. "
Kym Whitley
Watch
Course
La
" 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. "
Kym Whitley
Think
You
Thought
" Carrying envy makes life more difficult. "
Kym Whitley
Difficult
Carrying
More
" 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. "
Kym Whitley
Parents
Creativity
Funny
" I'm not cheap, I'm thrifty. "
Kym Whitley
Cheap
Thrifty
" 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!' "
Kym Whitley
Hold
Enthusiasm
Her
" I've always had an entourage. Even when I was a little kid, I had a lot of little children following around me. "
Kym Whitley
Little
Even
Always
" I think the arts are absolutely necessary for children to be creative and express themselves because every child is different. "
Kym Whitley
Creative
Children
Arts
" 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. "
Kym Whitley
People
You
Black
" 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. "
Kym Whitley
Line
Long
Drawing
" I love Cleveland, and I love going back home. That's where my family is. That's where my roots are. "
Kym Whitley
Going
Back
Love
" 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. "
Kym Whitley
Water
You
Try
" I saw Nichelle Nichols in 'Truck Turner,' and she was so good. "
Kym Whitley
Saw
Turner
Truck
" I've always wanted to work with children, to help people, and to be funny. "
Kym Whitley
Funny
Help
People
" I've always wanted to be a man for a day. "
Kym Whitley
Be A Man
Always
Wanted
" I believe that people just want to laugh and have a good time. "
Kym Whitley
Good
Believe
Want
" As an actress, our hours can be grueling, and like any mother that has a career or job, it is difficult. Balancing spending time with your child in the morning and after they come home from daycare/school before is the key. "
Kym Whitley
Morning
Job
Mother
" I love female company. I love men, but women are different. "
Kym Whitley
Women
Company
Different
" It doesn't matter if a child comes to you or through you. That love is still the same. You are still a mother. "
Kym Whitley
Love
Love Is
You
" 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. "
Kym Whitley
Parents
Parenting
Mother
" I worked with Marlon Wayans on the show 'They Wayans Brothers,' and we hit it off. One thing about Marlon, when he casts a movie or a TV show, he expects you to bring it. You've got to be ready to improv, because Marlon will say anything, and you've got to be ready to come back. "
Kym Whitley
Say
Bring
Back
" If you could draw a picture of the best high school in the world - where all the teachers are wonderful and all the classrooms are beautiful, it would be my high school. "
Kym Whitley
School
World
Picture
" The OWN network is all about inspiring and enlightening. "
Kym Whitley
About
Inspiring
Network