So 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.
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So 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 ODUYEI love that you can watch a film and 10 years later still be affected.
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 ODUYEI’m in awe of how grounded Ms. Tyson is and how her performances can be different but the same.
ADEPERO ODUYEI want to tell authentic, real stories with real characters.
ADEPERO ODUYELife is too short to do something you don’t want to do.
ADEPERO ODUYEI grew up in New York and I’ve always lived here, so I look at myself as a regular person.
ADEPERO ODUYEI realized in school I didn’t like it. When he died, it was like a wake-up call.
ADEPERO ODUYEThat’s what you want art to do, to open people up and start conversations.
ADEPERO ODUYEI feel like they’re talking about someone else we both know.
ADEPERO ODUYEThere are conservative people in all colours in America.
ADEPERO ODUYEDuring the first show, I was like, “Wow, I’m onstage with Ms. Tyson!”
ADEPERO ODUYEI had to say something. Kelly’s nomination would go against who President Obama is.
ADEPERO ODUYEHer words are effortless in terms of their meaning and how she inhabits them.
ADEPERO ODUYEShe’s pretty amazing.
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.
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