25 Uzo Aduba Quotes for You to Enjoy

Uzo Aduba

American Actress

Family Love Me People Think You

I left my home in Massachusetts after college to move to New York City to pursue my dreams of acting. I took roles for free. I waited tables. I didn't care because it was work. Uzo Aduba

I used to be a huge fan of 'Lockup' on MSNBC, and that certainly has helped with my understanding of the world. Uzo Aduba

World Understanding Huge Huge Fan Fan Used Certainly Helped

Natasha Lyonne is fantastic on Twitter. She posts hilarious pictures. I don't even know where she finds some of them; it'll be like a random picture of a chinchilla kissing a lion or Bill Murray and Jim Belushi out on a boat or something. Uzo Aduba

I dream in color, and I have visions of feelings and energies that I would love to feel. Uzo Aduba

Love Feelings Visions Dream Would Color Feel I Dream Energies

I try to play serious scenes a little funny and the comedy a little serious. Uzo Aduba

Funny Comedy Try Scenes Little Serious Play

The first information I consume in the morning is probably 'The New York Times' and then my Twitter feed. I think Twitter is a really fascinating, easy way to stay on top of what stories are out there. Uzo Aduba

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My finding of myself as an artist, which I think in itself helped me to find just who I am and how I want to express myself, is entirely - in conjunction, of course, with my family, particularly my mom - founded on teachers. Uzo Aduba

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My family is first-generation Nigerian, and we grew up in a very small, suburban town in New England, Massachusetts. So I do understand what it feels like to be an 'only' in that regard. Uzo Aduba

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I like to build a character, trying to stretch my imagination as far to the walls of my brain as I can to come up with something that feels truthful and feels real - as close to the skin as I can get it. Uzo Aduba

Character Walls Build Skin Imagination I Can Something Feels Come Like Real Brain Up Close Truthful Get Trying Far Stretch

My parents wanted us to be well-rounded individuals and really have the American experiences as richly as one can. Uzo Aduba

Parents Individuals Well-Rounded American Experiences Wanted Us Really

I was in New York doing musicals in the theater and on Broadway before 'Orange,' so people always ask, 'Are you ever going to get to sing? Does she even sing?' But people who know me know I actually do sing. Uzo Aduba

Me You People Before Broadway Musicals New Know Sing She Does Always Doing Get York Orange Going New York Theater Ask Who Even Ever Actually

I ran track in high school very competitively, and then ran it D-1 at Boston University. I ran there on an athletic scholarship and chose BU because they had both a good track program and an arts program. Uzo Aduba

Good School Ran High Athletic High School Boston Both Had Scholarship Track Because Very Arts Then Chose Program University

I think there's something really thrilling to having to get people laughing about something, and then, when you have them in that comfort space, you can drop the weight into the texture of the story. Uzo Aduba

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I think of myself as a little kid, and I had a wild imagination, but it was something that was encouraged and supported, which helped steer me into the arts. Uzo Aduba

Myself Me Think Imagination Wild I Think Kid Something Steer Had Supported Encouraged Arts Which Little Little Kid Helped

I come from Nigeria, and we live by the idea that it takes a village. So my entire team. I live by my team: my friends, my neighbors, my teachers - they're the people who taught me how to be a free actor. Uzo Aduba

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I am the daughter of Nigerian immigrants. My mother is a survivor of both polio and of the Igbo genocide during her country's civil war in the late 1960s. Uzo Aduba

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When it comes to inmates, we have boiled them down to just the few things we know about them - their crime, their current life situation, their identification number. But the reality is they were something before they were their crime. Uzo Aduba

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As for the fake teeth, they're officially retired. I haven't really found a need or want to wear them. Uzo Aduba

Teeth Wear Retired Fake Officially Want Them Really Found Need

My mother is a fighter. After she battled polio and learned to walk again, the doctors told her she would be a cripple her entire life. Instead of accepting defeat, she refused this fate and went on to become the West African Women's Singles tennis champion in college. Uzo Aduba

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I've heard of nothing coming from nothing, but I've never heard of absolutely nothing coming from hard work. Uzo Aduba

Work Hard Work Nothing Absolutely Absolutely Nothing Never Coming Heard Hard

You think the only thing looking at you is this steel thing, but behind the camera is this living, breathing person operating the camera whose job it is to watch you. Uzo Aduba

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