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Life is too short to do something you don’t want to do.

Adepero Oduye

I feel like they’re talking about someone else we both know.
ADEPERO ODUYE

Anand Thakur
My mother’s a pretty warm, open person.
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Anand Thakur
Life is too short to do something you don’t want to do.
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Anand Thakur
At the end of the day, if I can say that I had a career where I was able to play all different kinds of characters and I’m known as someone who is well-respected for my approach to the craft, that would be a beautiful life.
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Approach Beautiful Character Different Play
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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Environment Everyone Experience Lonely Making Nerve Racking Turning
And 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.
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Anand Thakur
I love that you can watch a film and 10 years later still be affected.
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Anand Thakur
I realized in school I didn’t like it. When he died, it was like a wake-up call.
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Anand Thakur
I would come to L.A. for a job, but I love New York.
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Country Job Love
My first audition was an open call and I had no picture and no resume
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Audition Call Clueless First Open Picture Resume
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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Anand Thakur
That’s how clueless I was. I just thought I could show up.
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Anand Thakur
My intention is to do more films.
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Anand Thakur
I have a Twitter handle, but I never sign on.
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Anand Thakur
Her words are effortless in terms of their meaning and how she inhabits them.
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Effortless Inhabit Meaning Term Word
Everybody has been amazing, and the energy is really beautiful. I’m replacing my friend Condola
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Anand Thakur
So you do things to make them proud and accept you.
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Accept Make People Proud Thing You
She’s pretty amazing.
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Anand Thakur
During the first show, I was like, “Wow, I’m onstage with Ms. Tyson!”
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Anand Thakur
The reason why I found acting is because my father passed away.
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Acting Dream Father Found Life Passed Short
I want to tell authentic, real stories with real characters.
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Anand Thakur
He passed away really young
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Anand Thakur
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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Book Especially Everything Paas People President Said Stand Thing
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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Anand Thakur
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.
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Anand Thakur
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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Film Power Range Recognize Show Somebody Wide
That’s what you want art to do, to open people up and start conversations.
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Anand Thakur

Life is too short to do something you don’t want to do.

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