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" I've always had an entourage. Even when I was a little kid, I had a lot of little children following around me. "
Kym Whitley
Little
Even
Always
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" I am a different kind of celebrity; I don't have the big, giant house, the fancy cars, and all the designer stuff. I am just a girl from Cleveland. "
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Big
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" I'm always fighting with profanity and Christian comedy. I'm telling you, it's always a fight. Because my father said to me, he said, 'Well, Kym, I feel like comics and people that use profanity, you have a lack of vocabulary, actually, a whole lot.' "
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" It doesn't matter if a child comes to you or through you. That love is still the same. You are still a mother. "
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You
" It feels like I'm in a swimming pool, and I am constantly trying to stay above water. Sometimes I feel like I'm slipping, and you try to come up for air, and that's how it is when looking for the next role. "
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Water
You
Try
" I've always dreamed of becoming a mother. I thought I would get married and do it all the traditional way, but life kept going on, my career kept me busy - and I had not stopped to become a mommy. "
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Mother
Thought
" I love female company. I love men, but women are different. "
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Different
" The OWN network is all about inspiring and enlightening. "
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Network
" I come from a long line of architects. I'm the only one who did not become an architect, but I've been around the drawing aspect and construction my whole life. "
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Line
Long
Drawing
" Back in the day, we ate fresh; our parents cooked. Now, we're starting to think things are fresh because they're in a can, they're in a box, or they're frozen. That's not fresh. It's difficult to get real fresh. "
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Day
Parents
Think
" I love Cleveland, and I love going back home. That's where my family is. That's where my roots are. "
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Going
Back
Love
" I've thought my show would be a sitcom or a talk show. Never in a million years would I have thought my show would be docu-series/reality because you always think reality is something crazy. "
Kym Whitley
Think
You
Thought
" My parenting style is probably like that of my parents, because you do how you learn. My mother was very nurturing and loving, but very stern. She was a disciplinary. My dad was also very loving. "
Kym Whitley
Parents
Parenting
Mother
" Cooking for my son is a challenge. I have to feed him right. He can't eat French fries and candy every day. "
Kym Whitley
Eat
Challenge
Candy
" We still have to create things for African American women. Just like Tyler Perry is doing it, we can't wait for things to happen; you have to go and make and create roles and go to people. "
Kym Whitley
Go
American
You
" I think the arts are absolutely necessary for children to be creative and express themselves because every child is different. "
Kym Whitley
Creative
Children
Arts
" Shaker Heights, Ohio is a predominately white neighborhood. It was when I moved in, and it still is. "
Kym Whitley
Neighborhood
Heights
Ohio
" You can talk about reality TV if you want to, but guess what - it was a big commercial for Kym Whitley. "
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Big
Want
TV
" If you could draw a picture of the best high school in the world - where all the teachers are wonderful and all the classrooms are beautiful, it would be my high school. "
Kym Whitley
School
World
Picture
" Sometimes, moms have to be creative to get their babies to eat healthy. "
Kym Whitley
Eat
Sometimes
Healthy
" I saw Nichelle Nichols in 'Truck Turner,' and she was so good. "
Kym Whitley
Saw
Turner
Truck
" It is a challenge trying not to give in to pleasing other people. "
Kym Whitley
Other
People
Challenge
" When I first came to Los Angeles, I was a teacher in Compton. I know how in need schools are around the country. "
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First
Los Angeles
Know
" As an actress, our hours can be grueling, and like any mother that has a career or job, it is difficult. Balancing spending time with your child in the morning and after they come home from daycare/school before is the key. "
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Morning
Job
Mother
" It's so much easier when you're a size two or three to just slip on anything. But a big girl, sometimes you've got to strap some stuff down! "
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Three
You
Girl
" Voice work is the best - no need to dress up, no audience, no pressure, nobody's judging you. "
Kym Whitley
Work
You
Voice
" Sometimes you have to change the mold. If people keep following the same Hollywood mold, you're going to get the same thing. And as a Black actress, there's not a whole lot out there for us, unless we're creating it. "
Kym Whitley
People
You
Black
" I'm not cheap, I'm thrifty. "
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Cheap
Thrifty
" I worked with Marlon Wayans on the show 'They Wayans Brothers,' and we hit it off. One thing about Marlon, when he casts a movie or a TV show, he expects you to bring it. You've got to be ready to improv, because Marlon will say anything, and you've got to be ready to come back. "
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Say
Bring
Back
" Of course I watch 'Life with La Toya' on OWN. "
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Watch
Course
La
" My cousin was Ron O'Neal, who was 'Superfly.' Films like 'Shaft' and 'Superfly' were the biggest things out there in the early '70s. It's hard to remember just how big they were - how much impact they had on the culture, the music, the fashions, the hair styles. "
Kym Whitley
Music
Hair
Culture