You look up to your parents and you want them to accept you,
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Anand Thakur
You look up to your parents and you want them to accept you,
ADEPERO ODUYEI feel like they’re talking about someone else we both know.
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 ODUYEThat’s how clueless I was. I just thought I could show up.
ADEPERO ODUYEI was going to go to med school. My father’s dream was that all of his kids become doctors.
ADEPERO ODUYEThat’s what you want art to do, to open people up and start conversations.
ADEPERO ODUYESo everyone making sure that I’m OK has turned what could’ve been a very scary, nerve-racking and lonely experience into a supportive environment.
ADEPERO ODUYEWhen somebody recognizes me from the film – and it can be a wide range of people, which shows the power of film
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 ODUYEMy mother’s a pretty warm, open person.
ADEPERO ODUYEHe passed away really young
ADEPERO ODUYEI have a Twitter handle, but I never sign on.
ADEPERO ODUYEDuring the first show, I was like, “Wow, I’m onstage with Ms. Tyson!”
ADEPERO ODUYEHer words are effortless in terms of their meaning and how she inhabits them.
ADEPERO ODUYEMy intention is to do more films.
ADEPERO ODUYEI realized in school I didn’t like it. When he died, it was like a wake-up call.
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