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You look up to your parents and you want them to accept you,

Adepero Oduye

During the first show, I was like, “Wow, I’m onstage with Ms. Tyson!”
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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
She’s been doing Trip to Bountiful for four months, and it still feels real.
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Bountiful Doing Feel Month Real Still
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
That’s how clueless I was. I just thought I could show up.
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Anand Thakur
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
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
My intention is to do more films.
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Anand Thakur
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 feel like they’re talking about someone else we both know.
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Anand Thakur
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
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
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 you do things to make them proud and accept you.
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Accept Make People Proud Thing You
Her words are effortless in terms of their meaning and how she inhabits them.
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Effortless Inhabit Meaning Term Word
I was going to go to med school. My father’s dream was that all of his kids become doctors.
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Anand Thakur

You look up to your parents and you want them to accept you,

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