I just find it hard to believe that anyone would stop me to share how much they loved something that I was a part of.
ADEPERO ODUYEI want to tell authentic, real stories with real characters.
More Adepero Oduye Quotes
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I grew up in New York and I’ve always lived here, so I look at myself as a regular person.
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I had to say something. Kelly’s nomination would go against who President Obama is.
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You look up to your parents and you want them to accept you,
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That’s what you want art to do, to open people up and start conversations.
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He passed away really young
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And you don’t want them to look at you in a negative light.
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When somebody recognizes me from the film – and it can be a wide range of people, which shows the power of film
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For everything Obama stands for and the things he’s said in the past in his books, especially with the Trayvon Martin thing
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I think L.A. is beautiful.
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She’s pretty amazing.
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My mother’s a pretty warm, open person.
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Life is too short to do something you don’t want to do.
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I 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.
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I was going to go to med school. My father’s dream was that all of his kids become doctors.
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I love that you can watch a film and 10 years later still be affected.
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