I want to tell authentic, real stories with real characters.
ADEPERO ODUYESo you do things to make them proud and accept you.
More Adepero Oduye Quotes
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Her words are effortless in terms of their meaning and how she inhabits them.
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Life is too short to do something you don’t want to do.
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I assume Obama knows about stop and frisk, so this is not the person that should be the head of homeland security.
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I feel like they’re talking about someone else we both know.
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My mother’s a pretty warm, open person.
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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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My intention is to do more films.
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I think L.A. is beautiful.
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He passed away really young
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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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So you do things to make them proud and accept you.
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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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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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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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It’s a surreal experience.
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