KiKi Layne Quotes

KiKi Layne

Profession : Actress

Birth : December 10, 1991

It's just always been in my heart to perform.

KiKi Layne

I'm not one of those people that's like, 'I'm about to serve on this Whitney Houston song at like 2 A.M.' No. Karaoke? I'm just like, 'Live your best life.' We're not worried about those notes, we just living.

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Who do I have a cinematic crush on? I mean, it's such a go-to: Michael B. Jordan. I was like, it's everybody's go-to. Who else?

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I think especially when depicting young love, so often we see young love where you're just all about this other person, where you're willing to do everything, anything, wherever they need you to be.

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I just think the way Regina King carries herself in this industry is something to strive for. Even though she's been in the business as long as she has, she's still just one of the most genuine, realest people I've met so far. And so watching her, I realize that I don't have to change who I am at the core in order to have a career.

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I'm not going to sit around and wait for some old studio executive to decide my career path.

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An unlikely source of inspiration? My nieces and nephews. I feel encouraged to keep going because I know that if I keep going, then I can tell them to keep going.

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I'm definitely a person, even when I need help, I got to be going through it to finally ask for help.

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Some things shoot in Chicago, but even those things that shoot there still cast their bigger roles in L.A. or New York.

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Fashion, film, and music - all these industries have ways of putting us in a box. Ultimately my goal is to push those boundaries.

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It's important to me that I'm more than a pretty face or another person starring in movies. That's great, but there's so much more than can and should be done.

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As much as I love to slay a red carpet hitting the ground running with 'Beale Street' and 'Native Son,' representing two such important voices in James Baldwin and Richard Wright let people know that I'm an artist and I really have something to say with this gift.

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I will never forget my first Valentino Haute Couture show.

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I started off with the flute and French horn, and then I was playing trumpet in the jazz band.

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Hollywood has had a very limited way of telling stories about black people.

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I think the biggest thing is reminding myself how hard I worked for it,' Layne continues. 'It wasn't just handed to me. I trained so hard; I've been so committed.

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Love & Basketball' has stuck with me since I first saw it.

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Making films is such a large, collaborative effort and there's so many people who are a part of it.

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I'm trying to be what I want to see more of: Black women onscreen.

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For young girls to see someone who looks more like her, doing and being her. That's where my ambition and drive comes from, it's being so insanely committed to that. To achieve that, I'm doing everything I can.

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