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" I like meat and carbohydrates. "
Gabrielle Union
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" I've always had an interest in sports across the board. "
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" We don't consider black, urban films as 'indies,' though many of them are shot for under $10 million which is kind of the definition of an indie. "
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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. "
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" In Hollywood, you play a mom, and the next thing you know, you're on 'The Golden Girls.' They age you so fast. "
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" My mom is painfully sweet; she's from Nebraska. "
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" I was always in the popular crowd, but I really had atrocious teeth. I was encouraged to 'do well in school, 'cause no one's going to marry you!' "
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" I was at one time a football wife, and there is a certain level of bonding that happens between women who are the wives of football players. "
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" When someone who loves and cares about me compliments me, I feel more glamorous than when the flashbulbs are going off on the red carpet. "
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" I want to be Miss USA or Miss America. I would bring the trophy back to Nebraska. My interests are agriculture and corn. Hey, I'm just riding this train as long as I can. As long as I'm having fun, I'll do it. When it stops being fun, I'll try something else. "
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" A lot of women seem to think the way to ingratiate themselves is to put down other women or backstab. That's the quickest way to be eliminated from my life - try that with me, and you're out. "
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" We all have to let go of the Prince Charming complex and realize he doesn't necessarily exist in the package we assume he'll come in. "
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" A couple of my friends started having babies, and I thought, 'Maybe one day, with the right guy.' I have to find the guy first. "
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" I played sports year around: basketball, soccer, softball and I ran track year around, from the time I was, like, six, seven. "
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" I can't just say one time of the year I'm going to do something different. I have to commit to a lifestyle behavioral change and just try to be a little bit better today than I was yesterday. "
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" I'm not going to change the world overnight. It's one person at a time, and hopefully they're people in positions of power who can help people get in those roles and really, truly embrace colorblind casting. "
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" There's an inherent idea that if a Black executive producer and a Black director are going to do a movie based on a Black writer's book that everybody is going to be Black. "
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" The guys I tended to date, you know, didn't necessarily have it altogether but I had a great time. "
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" I like directors who have worked as actors. They know the experience. "
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" There's no such thing as a healthy tan, and that's what people need to understand. "
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" People think that celebs make a lot more money than we do. We look for bargains and we do a lot of stuff on our own. "
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" Drama can feel like therapy whereas comedy feels like there's been a pressure and a weight lifted off of you. 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. "
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" I think I'm drawn to more villain-type characters, because it's so cool to get to say all the things you want to say. In Hollywood, you get to this position where you have to bite your tongue so much. You take all your experiences of not being able to say what you really want to say, and channel that through your character. "
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" I'm just riding this train as long as I can. As long as I'm having fun, I'll do it. When it stops being fun, I'll try something else. Maybe I'll open up a chain of Popeye's Chicken. "
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" You want to come home to a nice firm bed with the corners tucked in so you start over, like each night is like a new night. "
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" 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! "
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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. "
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