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" I've always wanted to work with children, to help people, and to be funny. "
Kym Whitley
Funny
Help
People
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" I believe that people just want to laugh and have a good time. "
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" 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. "
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" So many people are busy working now, but we need to go back to the old days when grandma and the neighbors helped raise the children, and we were all the better for it. "
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" It is a challenge trying not to give in to pleasing other people. "
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" Shaker Heights, Ohio is a predominately white neighborhood. It was when I moved in, and it still is. "
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" 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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" The OWN network is all about inspiring and enlightening. "
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" 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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" A woman is a woman. A woman has male problems, has job problems, and I think funny is funny. "
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" Cooking for my son is a challenge. I have to feed him right. He can't eat French fries and candy every day. "
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" 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. "
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" Voice work is the best - no need to dress up, no audience, no pressure, nobody's judging you. "
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" I think the arts are absolutely necessary for children to be creative and express themselves because every child is different. "
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" I've always wanted to be a man for a day. "
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" 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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" I encourage people to get a village so that there will always be someone who's like family looking out for your child. "
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Family
" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" Of course I watch 'Life with La Toya' on OWN. "
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" 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. "
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" 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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" Sometimes, moms have to be creative to get their babies to eat healthy. "
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" I saw Nichelle Nichols in 'Truck Turner,' and she was so good. "
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" I want adopted people to know they were chosen. "
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" 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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" I'm not cheap, I'm thrifty. "
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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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