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" I would never do something I'm uncomfortable with. "
Yvonne Orji
Would
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" For me, comedy was deftly terrifying. "
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" 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?' "
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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. "
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" I started comedy in 2006. I didn't even think it was a thing I could do. "
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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. "
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" Some people just don't subscribe to labels. "
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" I was so focused on advancing in my career that I didn't have enough emotional capacity for dating. "
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" Auto-pay is not for convenience; it's for the gainfully employed. "
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" Every time you're on stage, you're acting. "
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" I'm grounded in who I am. "
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" I grew up Catholic, so I had a more traditional relationship with religion. "
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" People are surprised I do comedy! And I'm like, 'Guys, that's all I have been doing. For, like, forever.' "
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" If you're a woman of colour and you have any level of education, you have to adapt. "
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" I believe in the equal and opposite: If I exist, there is an equal and opposite version of me, and so however long I have to wait, and wherever he happens to be, we'll find it. Sometimes it's like, 'Jesus, where he at?' "
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" 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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" I want to own a comedy club. "
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" New York is a walking city, so you'll be dressed to the nines, and you'll go out, and you feel more special and more pretty because more people acknowledge you. "
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" I just love new, beautiful music. "
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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. "
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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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" My father just instilled in me that either you're going to be No. 1 or nothing at all. "
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" I had my masters in public health, and the goal was to be a doctor, and organic chemistry let me know that that was not going to happen, as did my fear of blood. "
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" I have a show called 'First Gen' that David Oyelowo is executive producing. "
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" I grew up with three older brothers, so I'm very much a tomboy in real life. "
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