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" 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. "

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

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" When it comes to black female comedians, it's like, if you're not overweight, are you funny? There's rules, like, you can't be skinny and pretty and funny. I'm all three, sorry to break it to you. "

" 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. "

" A lot of people hustle differently, and I was like, 'You know what, let me hustle and create, and let me have something to show,' cuz my hustle led to opportunity. "

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" Wanda Sykes and I have had similar career trajectories. We're both from the D.C. area. She spent five years working as a contracting specialist for the NSA, and I got my master's in public health. "

" If you're a woman of colour and you have any level of education, you have to adapt. "

" When something is not great, I'm not going to eat it. It's not enough to just get full. It's like, how does this make you feel? "

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" For me, comedy was deftly terrifying. "

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" I was looking around this room, this sea of industry folk. If I had have worn black and white, somebody would have asked me to get them a cocktail; the only other people of colour there were servers. "

" 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. "

" 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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You

Opportunity

" 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. "

" There's this idea if you are a woman of colour, that you must never let them see you break down. That we've got to show ourselves in the best light, always, as the 'Strong Black Women' and bring that 'black girl magic' all the time. "

" There's random people calling my phone: 'Your mother gave me your number.' My mother has tried to set me up so many times long-distance. "

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" 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. "

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

" Before 'Insecure,' I was a wedding emcee - a host for weddings. That's a world that a lot of people are not familiar with. "

" Black girls can make the best girlfriends. "

" 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. "

" For me, staying ready has always been, like, the preparations: do the behind-the-scenes or do what you think that's not sexy that nobody will see, but when they do see it, it's like, 'Oh, snap... what she's doing on her own, we'll add to that, and it'll blow up.' "

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" 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. "

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

" 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?' "

" 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. "

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

" There's not one black narrative. There's not one way to be black. "

" 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 like things to happen organically. "

" On a man, I love Tom Ford's Tobacco Vanille. But I wear Orchid Soleil - I love a sweet smell. "