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" There are so many things that go into a surgical study. "

Nicole Ari Parker

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" I can be really silly, but I never get to do that. I'm always playing on-the-nose characters, professionals - lawyers, a serious news anchor, people with a really focused energy, which can become a cliched type. "

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" I did everything pretty cliche as an actor in New York. I read the trades, I sent out 'head shots.' "

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" Being a pedestrian again is very exciting because in L.A. you live in your car, and you're on a freeway all the time. "

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" Being away from home was tough, but the challenge and the thrill of being on Broadway was so fulfilling, and I'm thankful to my husband for making it possible and holding it down at home. "

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" God loves you and everything about you, so why beat up on your precious self? "

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" I believe that we have to be so race-conscious in this day and age. "

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" I have one little pooch-y stomach in a picture, and all of a sudden I'm pregnant. "

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" I went to an all-girls private school, where we played field hockey and lacrosse. "

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" I had a brilliant drama teacher while I was at Roland Park: Ann Mainolfi. But the school was mostly rich in academics. It wasn't like I was prepping myself for a life in acting. There, you prepped yourself to have a stable future. The school's piece de resistance is college prep - it didn't teach you how to audition for a TV show. "

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" One good step breeds another one. "

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" My husband and I are loyal to our community and very approachable, even though we're kind of mainstream. "

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" I have a real no-nonsense dad who taught me how to be resilient at a very young age. "

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" Every parent knows this moment in a child's age when he or she needs your attention in a very specific way because it's the beginning and ending of the early life of imagination. It's such a responsibility. "

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" Once there are more African Americans and Asian Americans behind the scenes as producers, writers, and directors, I think more inclusive casting will happen. "

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" I couldn't imitate anyone if I wanted to. "

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" Hair is an issue for most women, and after washing, blow-drying, flat-ironing, curling, braiding, twisting and spending the time and money on it, who wants to mess it up by sweating and having to do it all over again? "

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" I think 'Soul Food' had the biggest impact on me because that's where I was really able to shine as an actress and because I also met my husband there, and that was a huge turning point in my personal life. So, that show will stick with me forever and ever and ever. "

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" I'm kind of floating out there as an artist. I'm in a safe place where I can play a girlfriend or a best friend or a mommy or a lawyer, but a huge part of me is unused. I'm classically trained, historically inclined and somewhat revolutionary by nature, so I'm frustrated as an artist. "

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" When you set a play in the French Quarter in New Orleans, it's hard not to acknowledge the whole African-American, French, white mixing of races. That's what the French Quarter is: it's a Creole community. "

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" I enjoy using coconut oil - not only for my skin and hair, but I'll digest it. "

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" Raising children uses every bit of your being - your heart, your time, your patience, your foresight, your intuition to protect them, and you have to use all of this while trying to figure out how to discipline them. "

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" I just want to touch something deep in the heart of humanity. I don't know if that's in movies, producing films, or writing a book, but I'm concerned about our spiritual well-being as a human race. I want to impact people in a way that makes us all reach for our best. "

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" If you're actually talking to someone who's been through a disastrous number of years, that only means one thing: They survived it. "

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