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" We all have to let go of the Prince Charming complex and realize he doesn't necessarily exist in the package we assume he'll come in. "
Gabrielle Union
Complex
Go
Realize
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" A couple of my friends started having babies, and I thought, 'Maybe one day, with the right guy.' I have to find the guy first. "
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" Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty. "
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" I'm not sensitive, I'm not a weepy person. "
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" I've dated a number of 'mama's boys.' "
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Dated
Mama
" You get so afraid of failure and so afraid of losing and so afraid of not being the best that it's not a natural drive - it's born out of fear of failure. Which helps in Hollywood. "
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You
Losing
" In my career, there have been roles I haven't taken because someone involved with the project gave me a bad vibe. I don't care how much money is on the table: No job is worth feeling uneasy every day. "
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Me
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" People think that celebs make a lot more money than we do. We look for bargains and we do a lot of stuff on our own. "
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" I just thought acting would be something to help out with my student loans, but my first year as an actress, I made more money than my parents. That's when I realized it could turn into a career. After that, I put everything I had into it. "
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Thought
Money
Help
" I think there's a lot of things that occur within the African-American community, that we would prefer to stay within the African-American community - that we get a little nervous when you start having scenes or dialogue that we know is going to be viewed and heard on a national or global scale. "
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Community
Know
You
" A lot of women seem to think the way to ingratiate themselves is to put down other women or backstab. That's the quickest way to be eliminated from my life - try that with me, and you're out. "
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Me
My Life
Think
" Reality TV looks more like America than movies do. "
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More
Movies
Reality
" I don't function well in chaos, whether it be my sheets or the dishwasher. "
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Chaos
Function
" I love horses. "
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Love
Horses
I Love
" My friends are very opinionated about the people I date. "
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Very
Friends
Opinionated
" Boys are so much drama. "
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Much
Drama
" Right now, I don't have the same urges as other women when they see a baby. When I see children, I see responsibilities, which I don't think I'm quite ready for. I feel the same about puppies. They're cute for a second, but there's a lot of responsibility involved. "
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Women
Children
Cute
" You have to develop a very thick skin. "
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Thick Skin
You
Skin
" There's an inherent idea that if a Black executive producer and a Black director are going to do a movie based on a Black writer's book that everybody is going to be Black. "
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Director
Book
Black
" I like directors who have worked as actors. They know the experience. "
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Experience
Who
Like
" In Hollywood, you play a mom and instantly, you've got osteoporosis. "
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Mom
You
Play
" All minorities think they're immune, but we're absolutely part of the one in five that gets skin cancer! It's a myth, and myths are meant to be debunked! "
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Think
Skin
Myths
" I'm not the type to lay out on the beach, but I do love to work out outside, and that can really take a toll on your skin! "
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" As a newly married person, as much as I would love for my husband to buy into the 'my way or the highway' philosophy, you realize it's all about compromising and finding some sort of middle ground that everyone can live with. "
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Love
Live
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" I just kind of assumed that you do a movie and then you leave and you hop onto the next thing. I never thought that people are actually buddies. "
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Leave
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Thought
" When someone who loves and cares about me compliments me, I feel more glamorous than when the flashbulbs are going off on the red carpet. "
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Going
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Someone
" I date, but the person I date most is myself, unfortunately. "
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Person
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" I was always in the popular crowd, but I really had atrocious teeth. I was encouraged to 'do well in school, 'cause no one's going to marry you!' "
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School
Marry
Teeth
" You have to be resilient. "
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You
" If my real life was half as exciting as what is reported, I would be thrilled. "
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