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" If my real life was half as exciting as what is reported, I would be thrilled. "
Gabrielle Union
Half
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" I date, but the person I date most is myself, unfortunately. "
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" Sometimes it's not even a role that's specifically written for a woman. It could be a role written for a white man or Asian man, or Latino. If it's something that I feel I could do well, I go after it. Especially if it's nothing that has to be gender or race specific, I'm all over it. "
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" I don't function well in chaos, whether it be my sheets or the dishwasher. "
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" I'm not the type to lay out on the beach, but I do love to work out outside, and that can really take a toll on your skin! "
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" I love TV. I love the stability of it. "
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" After Halle Berry does her films and Queen Latifah does her films, it's left to all the black, Latino and Asian actresses to fight over a couple of roles. I opted for some TV. There's just not a ton of work in film. "
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" In Hollywood, you play a mom and instantly, you've got osteoporosis. "
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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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" In Hollywood, marriages are kind of expected to fail. "
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" I've been trying to get cast as a lesbian for years. "
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" As a newly married person, as much as I would love for my husband to buy into the 'my way or the highway' philosophy, you realize it's all about compromising and finding some sort of middle ground that everyone can live with. "
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" Boys are so much drama. "
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" I don't get enough sleep so I always have undereye bags. "
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" If someone lacked decency or respect, I didn't allow that person to stay in my world. "
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" I think there's a lot of things that occur within the African-American community, that we would prefer to stay within the African-American community - that we get a little nervous when you start having scenes or dialogue that we know is going to be viewed and heard on a national or global scale. "
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Know
You
" I just kind of assumed that you do a movie and then you leave and you hop onto the next thing. I never thought that people are actually buddies. "
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Kind
Thought
" 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 have to be resilient. "
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" You get so afraid of failure and so afraid of losing and so afraid of not being the best that it's not a natural drive - it's born out of fear of failure. Which helps in Hollywood. "
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You
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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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" When you want a break from dogs, and you take them to the kennel to the stars, no one thinks you're a bad pet owner. But when you have kids, you can't drop them off for three weeks without someone calling Child Protective Services! "
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" I had to learn - since I'm divorced now and everyone is like, 'Oh my God, you're single, what's going on?' - that if I don't like to spend time with myself, how can I ask someone else to enjoy spending time with me? I'm getting to learn how to enjoy my solitude and have a good time. "
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