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" To relax, I love sitting back and turning my brain off and watching TV. "
Aja Naomi King
Off
Sitting
Back
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" I really care about people, and I would need someone to also genuinely value other human beings and want to be connected with people in the world and to know about other cultures. That might not be a high standard for someone else, but for me, it's really important to try and stick to that. "
Aja Naomi King
World
People
Value
" Diversity is such an interesting word. I feel like when people hear the word 'diversity,' they think that it means only people of color, when in reality, diversity is all-inclusive; it means everyone. "
Aja Naomi King
Diversity
Think
Reality
" My ideal date would involve a park or rowing in those little boats on a lake. "
Aja Naomi King
Date
Ideal
Little
" We all have our family issues from time to time. "
Aja Naomi King
Issues
Time
Family
" A man should be well groomed. If you're going to have facial hair, it should be a choice, not an accident. "
Aja Naomi King
Hair
You
Well
" I thought I was going to be on Broadway. I thought, 'I'm going to do theater.' "
Aja Naomi King
Broadway
Theater
Thought
" Sometimes as human beings, we're so contradictory - we may say something or do something and completely contradict ourselves. That's what I'm learning to embrace in television - not knowing what's going to happen. "
Aja Naomi King
Television
Learning
Not Knowing
" A man can get my attention by smiling at me and then coming over and talking to me. The best way to get a girl's attention is to start a conversation. "
Aja Naomi King
Me
Man
Girl
" By high school, I was telling everyone, 'Oh, I'm going to be a doctor when I grow up,' because my dad was always saying to me, 'Pick a career path where you're always going to be necessary.' But by junior year, I was president of choir, I was the lead in the school play, and I just loved being onstage performing. "
Aja Naomi King
Path
Doctor
School
" Back when people couldn't read, other people would take newspapers and turn them into theater so that people would know what was going on in the world. That is a powerful thing. "
Aja Naomi King
Powerful
World
Back
" Strength doesn't mean an absence of pain. "
Aja Naomi King
Strength
Absence
Mean
" Not to say there's not good TV out there, but I think TV is better when it accurately reflects the world as it is. "
Aja Naomi King
Out
Good
Say
" TV is such a great medium in what it can do in terms of enlightening an audience. We can really inspire and teach people about other people. That's a powerful tool, and that's something that the arts has always been capable of doing. "
Aja Naomi King
Great
Powerful
People
" I think it's well-known that I love all things ABC and Shonda Rhimes - I'm a huge 'Scandal' and 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. "
Aja Naomi King
Love
Think
Things
" I have a girl crush on Olivia Munn so much, especially on 'Newsroom.' And Cara Delevingne, but who doesn't love her face? Viola Davis is my acting crush. "
Aja Naomi King
Love
Acting
Her
" Words can't describe how one would feel in that moment after doing a test for something you really want but in your heart you don't think you have a chance of getting. "
Aja Naomi King
Words
Think
Chance
" I've been performing since I was a child; my mother would have to pull me aside and tell me that I wasn't onstage. I was a cheerleader, president of choir, and in the school play. "
Aja Naomi King
Tell
Mother
Play
" It gets a little crazy at Disneyland. It's a little bit more hardcore then people think. "
Aja Naomi King
People
Crazy
Disneyland
" I love the powerful woman who's complicated. There's no push to be one thing or another thing. It's all human. That's what you look for as an actor: characters written and portrayed in the most human way possible. "
Aja Naomi King
Love
Woman
Powerful
" I've never given my phone number to someone on the street, but when someone is a gentleman, I appreciate the compliments. "
Aja Naomi King
Gentleman
Appreciate
Phone
" When you do a play, you have all this time to rehearse and grow into the character. In television, even though you're waiting and waiting and waiting, once you're actually on set engaging in the scene with another actor, time is of the essence. "
Aja Naomi King
Character
Waiting
Time
" If I had a free afternoon, I would play music, sit in my backyard, and drink coffee. "
Aja Naomi King
Free
Sit
Play
" There are people who do what they believe is right, but as they say, 'The road to hell is paved with good intentions.' "
Aja Naomi King
Say
People
Hell
" I can be just a touch controlling! "
Aja Naomi King
Touch
Controlling
I Can