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" I had a brilliant drama teacher while I was at Roland Park: Ann Mainolfi. But the school was mostly rich in academics. It wasn't like I was prepping myself for a life in acting. There, you prepped yourself to have a stable future. The school's piece de resistance is college prep - it didn't teach you how to audition for a TV show. "

Nicole Ari Parker

Myself

Life

Future

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" It's not how pretty you are or how talented you are. It's that if these five people on this day in this room like you, then you get a job. "

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" I went to an all-girls private school, where we played field hockey and lacrosse. "

" If you're actually talking to someone who's been through a disastrous number of years, that only means one thing: They survived it. "

" Being away from home was tough, but the challenge and the thrill of being on Broadway was so fulfilling, and I'm thankful to my husband for making it possible and holding it down at home. "

" Any actor will tell you that you go where the work is, especially when you have children. "

" When you set a play in the French Quarter in New Orleans, it's hard not to acknowledge the whole African-American, French, white mixing of races. That's what the French Quarter is: it's a Creole community. "

" Honestly, working with Eddie Murphy was mind-blowing just in terms of the budget alone. To see the respect he commands, to witness his presence, you understand why he and people like Martin Lawrence are stars. "

" I believe that we have to be so race-conscious in this day and age. "

" I just want to touch something deep in the heart of humanity. I don't know if that's in movies, producing films, or writing a book, but I'm concerned about our spiritual well-being as a human race. I want to impact people in a way that makes us all reach for our best. "

" God loves you and everything about you, so why beat up on your precious self? "

" If you had to work 14 hour days, Mondays to Fridays, then you have to keep Saturdays and Sundays sacred. "

" I can be really silly, but I never get to do that. I'm always playing on-the-nose characters, professionals - lawyers, a serious news anchor, people with a really focused energy, which can become a cliched type. "

" We're all moving at such a high rate that we have to grab the frozen dinners and the McDonald's. We can't make it a way of life - we have to get back to real, simple, clean good foods. It will save our lives on so many levels; not just spina bifida, but obesity, diabetes, everything. Food is our medicine. "

" Raising children uses every bit of your being - your heart, your time, your patience, your foresight, your intuition to protect them, and you have to use all of this while trying to figure out how to discipline them. "

" All kids want from their dad is for them to be around - and to show up when they say they're going to show up. "

Nicole Ari Parker

Want

They Say

" Hair is an issue for most women, and after washing, blow-drying, flat-ironing, curling, braiding, twisting and spending the time and money on it, who wants to mess it up by sweating and having to do it all over again? "

" Nobody really knows, but I got a little comedy in me. "

" I have a real no-nonsense dad who taught me how to be resilient at a very young age. "

" My daughter has a vivid imagination, and so does my son. "

" Once there are more African Americans and Asian Americans behind the scenes as producers, writers, and directors, I think more inclusive casting will happen. "

Nicole Ari Parker

Think

Inclusive

" Every parent knows this moment in a child's age when he or she needs your attention in a very specific way because it's the beginning and ending of the early life of imagination. It's such a responsibility. "

" Take all the hype out of the exercise and think of it as brushing your teeth. "

" I have friends struggling with autism, juvenile diabetes. "

" You think you need the newest shoe and the newest outfit. We forget exercising is free. We forget it only takes a little bit every day. "

" I love Malcolm Lee and jumped on the opportunity to work with him as a director. "

" One good step breeds another one. "

" I'm kind of floating out there as an artist. I'm in a safe place where I can play a girlfriend or a best friend or a mommy or a lawyer, but a huge part of me is unused. I'm classically trained, historically inclined and somewhat revolutionary by nature, so I'm frustrated as an artist. "

Nicole Ari Parker

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