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" I'm the kind of person whose clothes are all hung up and color-coordinated, to the point where my whites don't touch my creams. "
Gabrielle Union
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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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" 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. "
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" I like meat and carbohydrates. "
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" I've always had an interest in sports across the board. "
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" In Hollywood, marriages are kind of expected to fail. "
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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 romantic comedies. They're for me the easiest thing to do and the most natural to do. There's nothing natural about holding an uzi hanging out of a moving van shooting at people. That's not second nature to me, thank God. "
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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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" There's an inherent idea that if a Black executive producer and a Black director are going to do a movie based on a Black writer's book that everybody is going to be Black. "
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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'm not sensitive, I'm not a weepy person. "
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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
Losing
" But I prefer to go to comedies. Give me Julia Roberts smiling anyday. "
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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 love horses. "
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I Love
" The guys I tended to date, you know, didn't necessarily have it altogether but I had a great time. "
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You
Date
" We give a lot of others significance in our lives even when they don't deserve it. It doesn't matter if they're family or if you've known them forever. If they're not good for you, they've got to go. "
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Go
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" All minorities think they're immune, but we're absolutely part of the one in five that gets skin cancer! It's a myth, and myths are meant to be debunked! "
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" I've been trying to get cast as a lesbian for years. "
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" I think I'm drawn to more villain-type characters, because it's so cool to get to say all the things you want to say. In Hollywood, you get to this position where you have to bite your tongue so much. You take all your experiences of not being able to say what you really want to say, and channel that through your character. "
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" I drink a gallon of water a day. "
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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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Film
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Fight
" I'm not going to change the world overnight. It's one person at a time, and hopefully they're people in positions of power who can help people get in those roles and really, truly embrace colorblind casting. "
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" Drama can feel like therapy whereas comedy feels like there's been a pressure and a weight lifted off of you. 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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Happy
" A couple of my friends started having babies, and I thought, 'Maybe one day, with the right guy.' I have to find the guy first. "
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" People think that celebs make a lot more money than we do. We look for bargains and we do a lot of stuff on our own. "
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" Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty. "
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" My mom is painfully sweet; she's from Nebraska. "
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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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" 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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Realize