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" I remember talking to old-school African American grandpops, and they're just like, 'When I saw my wife, I looked up from across the street, and I said, 'That girl gon' be my wife someday.' And we've been married 45 years.' Like, what? That's all it took? "

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" I was bullied because I have this thick Nigerian accent. "

" High school is really when I came into my own. "

" Getting into comedy was difficult for my parents to comprehend. I think now they are really proud I stuck to it. "

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" Sometimes you're just regular. Sometimes you wake up, and your breath stinks like everybody else, and you had a bad hair day. "

" What you see on TV is what you believe you can be. "

" '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. "

" How many shows on TV do you see young black people, both women and men, really embody a full-fledged human being, flaws and all? "

" My faith has really been the biggest asset of my career. It has grounded me and let me focus on what's important. "

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" I think there is this narrative that if you are a black woman, and you are strong, and you are educated, it's like, 'Good luck getting a black man.' "

" I don't know how often white people look around and think, 'Wow, there's really a lot of white people here; we should fix that.' But I know black people often look around and think, 'Wow, I'm the only one here - why?' "

" 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. "

" Don't take it personally if you're met with opposition. Work hard anyway. "

" There are different types of experiences, and all of them are valid, and all of them deserve to be portrayed in a real way. "

" 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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" As for my role models... you know, I'm an immigrant, so we didn't grow up with too much TV. My parents were like, 'You must read your books.' "

" A lot of times, especially in the black community, where therapy is talked about, it's like, 'Just go to church.' "

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" Everyone has met or seen or interacted with a Nigerian in America because we leave Nigeria for here. We're your doctors. We're your lawyers. We're your child's best friend. All of the above. "

" My father just instilled in me that either you're going to be No. 1 or nothing at all. "

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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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" On TV, as in life, white folks are allowed to make mistakes, but usually, black people aren't. "

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" Over the years, my relationship with God has changed my life for the better - it's grown me up, given me a sense of purpose, and grounded me in my identity. "

" I grew up in a place called Port Harcourt, Nigeria, the youngest of four. What I remember most about Nigeria was the ease. I would play by the pool, have fun with friends. "