Being on a show with a female lead is amazing for me. I love that. I love the powerful woman who’s complicated.
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It’s been such a gift that there was so much TV and independent film happening in New York that I could be a part of.
Aja Naomi KingAja Naomi King Sometimes as human beings, we’re so contradictory – we may say something or do something and completely contradict ourselves.
Aja Naomi KingAja Naomi King I grew up in a very suburban neighborhood, so I was used to everything being safe and lovely.
Aja Naomi KingAja Naomi King You don’t always have the time to do that. You learn very quickly, I think, how essential it is to come in with the strongest choice that you have.
Aja Naomi KingAja Naomi King That’s what I’m learning to embrace in television – not knowing what’s going to happen.
Aja Naomi KingAja Naomi King There was something to satiate my desire to be artistic and creative, especially when it wasn’t in the way I originally thought it was going to be.
Aja Naomi KingAja Naomi King When you do a play, you have all this time to rehearse and grow into the character. In television, even though you’re waiting and waiting and waiting,
Aja Naomi KingAja Naomi King The courage to decide that I have a voice and need to do what I love. To believe that this opportunity is not wasted on me. To own the fact that I am worthy.
Aja Naomi KingAja Naomi King If you’re doing an indie and you have time, sometimes you can do take after take after take, but if you’re working in television on that filming schedule,
Aja Naomi KingAja Naomi King I might make a specific choice for myself and then in the next episode the writers might write something that contradicts it.
Aja Naomi KingAja Naomi King When the doors to television were opened to me, that was quite a surprise.
Aja Naomi KingAja Naomi King There is a voice inside of my head that is trying to convince me that I’m not good enough and that I don’t deserve to be here in Hollywood. So courage is required.
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