Adina Porter Quotes

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Adina Porter

Profession : Actress

Birth : March 13, 1971

Growing up, I didn't know about the Japanese internment camps until I saw a movie of the week as an adult. I remember going, 'How come that wasn't covered in history class?' Moving to California, you run into people whose grandparents lost everything and their businesses and were put in these internment camps.

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Acting in a scene is easy.

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I thought, because of 'The 100' and 'Apocalypse,' that I knew everything about what life after an apocalypse would be - but Ryan Murphy and the writers of 'American Horror Story' have shown a whole other side of an apocalypse.

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I'm a mom... and I'm learning this being a parent, sometimes your child can be such a reflection of who you are. And I have to figure out when it is my ego that dictates how I parent and when it is what I think is best for my child.

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I'm a working actor, and I want to stay a working actor, and I want everybody happy.

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My life guided me to express my full potential.

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I'm a working actor, and I'm really appreciative to be a working actor, but it's another level when you're a working actor with the likes of Sarah Paulson and Angela Bassett.

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If you're going to talk about politics, then there are going to be folks who are with you and folks that are against you.

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I get a thrill out of looking at my Twitter following and seeing how big it has gotten.

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I'm not one of those actresses that asks what's going to happen. I've never been. I just take the scripts, and I see what's given to me, and I go with it that way.

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Thank goodness for IMDB.

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This whole thing about announcing stuff and sharing it online is a new phenomenon. Keeping things private is really, really easy and simple.

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I think that when I'm an actor, I get hired, and you say jump three inches, I'll jump three inches. I just kind of trust what the writer's vision is.

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When you trust, and you open your heart, and you think - well, maybe not heart - when you put down your guard and you let someone in and they betray you, that guard goes up really hard.

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Monologues are fun.

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Incredibly lucky to be an actor at this period in history. I'm able to work in this business and look put-together - sexy, even - with natural hair.

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I am first-generation American, so I didn't grow up in the South or have any relatives who were slaves. My forefathers were colonized.

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Work is hard, but being a mom is harder.

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Life is very short. Try to enjoy your 'now.' Many people think that when they become such-and-such then they will be happy. I personally don't think it is healthy to postpone your happiness. My message is, 'Enjoy the moment.'

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One-liners that must land perfectly in just the right nanosecond can be terrifying.

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