So you do things to make them proud and accept you.
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Anand Thakur
So you do things to make them proud and accept you.
ADEPERO ODUYEI want to tell authentic, real stories with real characters.
ADEPERO ODUYEHe passed away really young
ADEPERO ODUYEI realized in school I didn’t like it. When he died, it was like a wake-up call.
ADEPERO ODUYEHer words are effortless in terms of their meaning and how she inhabits them.
ADEPERO ODUYEThat’s how clueless I was. I just thought I could show up.
ADEPERO ODUYEAnd I’m not sure if he [made his comments on Trayvon] because he was asked a question and he was trying to be diplomatic and neutral – that can’t happen.
ADEPERO ODUYEI was reading the paper and saw a cartoon with Ray Kelly frisking Obama, and I was like “Wait, what’s happening?” so I Googled it.
ADEPERO ODUYEI think L.A. is beautiful.
ADEPERO ODUYEI had to say something. Kelly’s nomination would go against who President Obama is.
ADEPERO ODUYEFor everything Obama stands for and the things he’s said in the past in his books, especially with the Trayvon Martin thing
ADEPERO ODUYELife is too short to do something you don’t want to do.
ADEPERO ODUYEWhen somebody recognizes me from the film – and it can be a wide range of people, which shows the power of film
ADEPERO ODUYEMy mother’s a pretty warm, open person.
ADEPERO ODUYEDuring the first show, I was like, “Wow, I’m onstage with Ms. Tyson!”
ADEPERO ODUYEI was going to go to med school. My father’s dream was that all of his kids become doctors.
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