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So you do things to make them proud and accept you.

Adepero Oduye

I want to tell authentic, real stories with real characters.
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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
You look up to your parents and you want them to accept you,
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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
The reason why I found acting is because my father passed away.
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Acting Dream Father Found Life Passed Short
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
It’s a surreal experience.
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Beautiful Experience Lonely Scary Surreal
I’m in awe of how grounded Ms. Tyson is and how her performances can be different but the same.
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Anand Thakur
She’s pretty amazing.
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Anand Thakur
I feel like they’re talking about someone else we both know.
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Anand Thakur
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
Life is too short to do something you don’t want to do.
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Anand Thakur
And you don’t want them to look at you in a negative light.
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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
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
My intention is to do more films.
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Anand Thakur

So you do things to make them proud and accept you.

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