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" It's not very exciting to go to work to just have your character's identity being defined by her relationship with her male counterparts. "
Jurnee Smollett-Bell
Relationship
Work
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" I'm very picky about the kind of work that I do, and I'm fortunate to have been able to work with great directors and great actors who've helped me grow as an artist. "
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" I wouldn't say I'm a Method actor, but there are times where a role will require you to live in their world. "
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" I always said, 'Whenever I get pregnant, I'm going to embrace all of the body changes that happen.' My focus has not been on any sort of snap-back or anything like that, because your body won't be the same after giving birth, and if anything, that's something to be celebrated, embraced, and owned. "
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" With 'Underground,' we see that the wounds that we all, as a nation, inflicted upon our brothers and sisters during slavery have not been healed. "
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" Until we really heal the wounds that we dealt with during slavery, I don't think we'll be a fully realized country. "
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" I don't know if I would be doing what I do without 'Eve's Bayou,' and I don't know if I would have the career that I have without working on 'Eve's Bayou.' The love for what I do, I found it in that project. "
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" There's this notion, kind of like unspoken, that you can't live your dreams and be a mom. You can't have a career and be a mom. There's still that preconceived notion, and I reject that. "
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Live
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You
" After being a mom, we are now in a different chapter in our womanhood, and instead of trying to be our old selves or get our old body back, we should embrace who we are now. "
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Chapter
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Mom
" How often do you see young actors playing scholars? Or striving to be intellectuals, you know? It's not that often. "
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Young
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" I'm told I'm a statistic. I'm told that my young black sisters are disease-ridden... but we are greater than what society tells us we are. "
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Us
Than
Society
" With film, there's a consistency to it, but what I like about the TV shows that I've been fortunate to do, like 'Friday Night Lights' and 'True Blood,' is that it feels like you're doing a film. "
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Consistency
You
Night
" There's a lot of progress happening in TV. You have amazing shows like 'How to Get Away With Murder.' You have people like Shonda Rhimes, Lee Daniels with 'Empire,' and Jason Katims with 'Friday Night Lights' and 'Parenthood.' You have people behind the scenes writing complex women. "
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Progress
Amazing
Night
" I'm very opinionated and passionate when it comes to my characters. "
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Opinionated
Passionate
Characters
" I read so many scripts, and it's not really exciting to just be the girlfriend. "
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Exciting
Just
Girlfriend
" There are obstacles and challenges that my dark-skinned sisters face that I will never know. How they are perceived when they walk in a room of strangers is something I will never truly know. "
Jurnee Smollett-Bell
Face
Walk
Obstacles
" Marriage is a work in progress, but it's beautiful. "
Jurnee Smollett-Bell
Work
Beautiful
Progress
" Part of an ensemble show is realizing it's a collaboration. It's like a symphony. Everybody takes their turn, but it's really the collective group that matters. "
Jurnee Smollett-Bell
Turn
Matters
Group
" If I have a jump rope and a resistance band, I can work out anywhere. Even without a jump rope. If you do 200 jumping jacks, then drop and do some crunches, and then do some squats, you're good. "
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You
Band
Good
" There's something about Jason Katims' writing that just feels like home to me. He gives you so much liberty to play, which you don't find on most TV shows. You just don't. "
Jurnee Smollett-Bell
Writing
You
Home
" People look at you, and they think they know you. They think they can place you in a certain category by what they think they know about you. But there's so much more to all of us than what we know and what we see at face value. "
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People
Place
Think
" It's such a transition and it's so empowering to become a mom, but there are also many challenges. Just remind yourself, every minute, every day, to be kind to yourself. "
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Mom
Day
" I like the idea of matchmaking; I'm just not very good at it. It's too much pressure! "
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Like
Too Much
Pressure
" There's injustices within our system that we inherited from this time, from slavery, and until we confront our past, we're not going to be able to heal the wounds for our future. "
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System
Slavery
" It is a beautiful thing to work on your relationship. "
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Beautiful
Relationship
Work
" I'm very grateful to have been able to work with so many talented filmmakers and actors during my career. I've learned so much from them. It's been my college, in a way. "
Jurnee Smollett-Bell
Career
College
Grateful
" A lot of the issues today may not affect us personally, but we can't stay in our comfort zone when it comes to protecting our brothers and sisters. We have to get out there and use our voices for them as well. "
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" The AIDS epidemic began before I was born - I've never known a world without it. And yet, despite its omnipresence in our lives, there remains a pervasive silence around AIDS among young people, particularly young women. "
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World
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People
" As women, I think we give so much of ourselves. "
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" I'm such a huge fan of Gap! My mom used to dress me in Gap overalls that I would wear all the time, and now the idea of bringing my son into that tradition is so ironic and full-circle for me. "
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" When I was 12 years old, I got involved with an organization called Artists for a New South Africa. One of its missions is to help with HIV/AIDS awareness. "
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