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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! "
Gabrielle Union
Love
Your
Work
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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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" 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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" You have to be resilient. "
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You
" If my real life was half as exciting as what is reported, I would be thrilled. "
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" I date, but the person I date most is myself, unfortunately. "
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Person
Date
" But I prefer to go to comedies. Give me Julia Roberts smiling anyday. "
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Prefer
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" The black community in Hollywood is very small and close-knit. Everyone has a common goal: to make a two-hour movie in 30 days. "
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Goal
Black
Community
" I played sports year around: basketball, soccer, softball and I ran track year around, from the time I was, like, six, seven. "
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Basketball
Year
Time
" Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty. "
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Hollywood
Beauty
Shades
" A lot of women seem to think the way to ingratiate themselves is to put down other women or backstab. That's the quickest way to be eliminated from my life - try that with me, and you're out. "
Gabrielle Union
Me
My Life
Think
" When someone who loves and cares about me compliments me, I feel more glamorous than when the flashbulbs are going off on the red carpet. "
Gabrielle Union
Going
Me
Someone
" I like meat and carbohydrates. "
Gabrielle Union
Carbohydrates
Meat
Like
" I love horses. "
Gabrielle Union
Love
Horses
I Love
" I don't get enough sleep so I always have undereye bags. "
Gabrielle Union
Bags
Sleep
Get
" I like directors who have worked as actors. They know the experience. "
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Experience
Who
Like
" In Hollywood, you play a mom and instantly, you've got osteoporosis. "
Gabrielle Union
Mom
You
Play
" 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. "
Gabrielle Union
Gender
Feel
Woman
" 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. "
Gabrielle Union
Myself
Time
Solitude
" My friends are very opinionated about the people I date. "
Gabrielle Union
Very
Friends
Opinionated
" 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. "
Gabrielle Union
Complex
Go
Realize
" I've always had an interest in sports across the board. "
Gabrielle Union
Always
Interest
Board
" 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!' "
Gabrielle Union
School
Marry
Teeth
" Within a lot of African-American households, I think, there's an idea that black men don't want to take an active participation in the lives of their children. That if they do, there has to be some sort of ulterior motive. "
Gabrielle Union
Men
Children
Black
" Right now, I don't have the same urges as other women when they see a baby. When I see children, I see responsibilities, which I don't think I'm quite ready for. I feel the same about puppies. They're cute for a second, but there's a lot of responsibility involved. "
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Women
Children
Cute
" I want to be Miss USA or Miss America. I would bring the trophy back to Nebraska. My interests are agriculture and corn. Hey, 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. "
Gabrielle Union
Train
Long
Having Fun
" Before I got married, I dated the gamut. "
Gabrielle Union
Got
Married
Before
" If someone lacked decency or respect, I didn't allow that person to stay in my world. "
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World
Respect
Someone
" Reality TV looks more like America than movies do. "
Gabrielle Union
More
Movies
Reality
" 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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Play
Mom
You
" In my career, there have been roles I haven't taken because someone involved with the project gave me a bad vibe. I don't care how much money is on the table: No job is worth feeling uneasy every day. "
Gabrielle Union
Money
Me
Job