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" I entered the Miss Nigeria in America pageant - yes, it's a thing that existed. This was when I was getting my masters. "
Yvonne Orji
America
Pageant
Miss
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" 'First Gen' is kind of the ode to my parents and to really all immigrant children who come here with kind of a preemptive expectation placed on them, and then they get there, and they realize the American dream is bigger than, sometimes, what our parents dreamt. "
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" Before 'Insecure,' I was a wedding emcee - a host for weddings. That's a world that a lot of people are not familiar with. "
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" High school is really when I came into my own. "
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" What you see on TV is what you believe you can be. "
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" I worked for a company called Population Services International, a social marketing company advocating healthy behaviors. We had a big branding campaign with celebrities to help educate about the proper use of mosquito nets, for example, to help prevent malaria. "
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" I want to do more good work. That's very much my parents' influence in me. "
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" Sometimes you have to experience things for yourself to learn the lessons that you need to learn. "
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" I'll probably always opt for makeup because I just like the way it feels. You can play with it and create different looks, and I think that's fun. But I also want the option to not need it. "
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" I have a saying: Nigerians don't fit in second place. Everything we do we go hard. "
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Saying
" For me, I just stuck to school. I thought you can't be bullied and dumb, so books and I will be friends. "
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School
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Dumb
" Any show that speaks to people of color feels the burden to never mess up, never make its characters look bad - to always get it right. "
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Look
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" 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. "
Yvonne Orji
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Society
Great
" 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. "
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World
Hair
Mom
" As a performer, the thing you want the most is to be your authentic self. "
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You
Most
Your
" I'm grounded in who I am. "
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Am
Grounded
I Am
" I started comedy in 2006. I didn't even think it was a thing I could do. "
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Think
Could
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" 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?' "
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Women
Me
Home
" I just love new, beautiful music. "
Yvonne Orji
Just
Music
Love
" It's only in acting where I've heard in auditions, 'Can you black it up a little bit? Can you make her a little bit more urban?' And it's just like, 'What?' I don't even know the word for that. "
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You
Acting
Her
" On TV, as in life, white folks are allowed to make mistakes, but usually, black people aren't. "
Yvonne Orji
TV
White
People
" I was supposed to be the doctor in my family. "
Yvonne Orji
Family
Doctor
Supposed
" 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.' "
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She
Doing
Me
" If I'm home on Wednesdays, I go to Bible study. I get my God time in, definitely. "
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Bible
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Study
" 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. "
Yvonne Orji
Black
Rules
Sorry
" 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. "
Yvonne Orji
Job
Good
Know
" Don't take it personally if you're met with opposition. Work hard anyway. "
Yvonne Orji
Work
You
Work Hard
" 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. "
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People
Health
Think
" On a man, I love Tom Ford's Tobacco Vanille. But I wear Orchid Soleil - I love a sweet smell. "
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Tobacco
Sweet
Smell
" 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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Strong
Woman
Mama
" I don't look at God as some boring dude in the sky that tells me what to do all day. I legitimately be like, 'Yo, you know what, G, that's crazy how that happened. That's dope. You know, you the real MVP.' "
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Sky
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