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" I went to an all-girls boarding school in Maryland. I used to laugh at the girls in the theater program - I was pre-med, National Honors Society; I was on that track. "

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" Sometimes you are the only living, walking, breathing version of the Bible that people will ever see. What long-lasting taste are you going to leave in their mouths? A lot of people have left a bad taste. And it's so unfortunate, because God is the best! "

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" I don't even know anyone who hasn't watched 'Sex and the City.' If you didn't, we can't be friends. "

" I knew I didn't want to be a doctor but didn't know what I wanted to do. I prayed, and all I heard back was: 'Do comedy.' It was something I had never done before, but I gave in, tried comedy, and the rest is history. "

" As a performer, the thing you want the most is to be your authentic self. "

" I remember, growing up, it wasn't sexy to be African. We got called names. "

" Black girls can make the best girlfriends. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Sometimes you have to experience things for yourself to learn the lessons that you need to learn. "

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

" 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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" I took organic chemistry, and I got my first-ever F. I ended up going to summer school, and the whole time, I'm thinking, 'I am not good at sciences.' "

" You can't tell me no, because you can't tell Jesus no. It doesn't work. "

Yvonne Orji

You

Jesus

" I grew up Catholic, so I had a more traditional relationship with religion. "

" 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. "

" 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 entered the Miss Nigeria in America pageant - yes, it's a thing that existed. This was when I was getting my masters. "

" I just love new, beautiful music. "

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

" '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. "

" I want to do more good work. That's very much my parents' influence in me. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" You can't say you're an actor if you've never acted, and you can't act if no one gives you an opportunity, but they won't give you an opportunity because you've never acted. You're like, 'What in the world? Someone give me a chance!' "

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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. "

" By the time I got to George Washington University, I had been a straight-A student in high school. "

" I came to America when I was six. In true African form, my parents wanted me to be a doctor or lawyer or engineer. "

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" I was so focused on advancing in my career that I didn't have enough emotional capacity for dating. "

" 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. "