Yvonne Orji Quotes

Yvonne Orji

Profession : Actress

Birth : December 2, 1983

On a man, I love Tom Ford's Tobacco Vanille. But I wear Orchid Soleil - I love a sweet smell.

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I say all the time that when you first meet me, you know three things right off the bat: I'm Nigerian, I love to laugh, and I love Jesus.

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I grew up Catholic, so I had a more traditional relationship with religion.

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Over the years, my relationship with God has changed my life for the better - it's grown me up, given me a sense of purpose, and grounded me in my identity.

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My faith - as well as my Nigerian culture - really gave me the substance and foundation to be who I desire to be in life.

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I don't even know anyone who hasn't watched 'Sex and the City.' If you didn't, we can't be friends.

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New York is a walking city, so you'll be dressed to the nines, and you'll go out, and you feel more special and more pretty because more people acknowledge you.

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High school is really when I came into my own.

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My actual desire is to be able to comfortably walk out of my house without any makeup on and feel as beautiful as I do when my makeup artist beats my face.

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I'll probably always opt for makeup because I just like the way it feels. You can play with it and create different looks, and I think that's fun. But I also want the option to not need it.

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I believe in being diligent but also cut yourself some slack. It's okay in the grand scheme of life.

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You can't say you're an actor if you've never acted, and you can't act if no one gives you an opportunity, but they won't give you an opportunity because you've never acted. You're like, 'What in the world? Someone give me a chance!'

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I had my masters in public health, and the goal was to be a doctor, and organic chemistry let me know that that was not going to happen, as did my fear of blood.

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My mom would always say, 'Hair is a woman's beauty.' I cut my hair all off. I was completely bald, and that was, like, 'What in the world?' My mom was like, 'What happened?' She had so many questions.

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The thing about black women and black hair is that you just have to experiment.

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A lot of times, especially in the black community, where therapy is talked about, it's like, 'Just go to church.'

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Wanda Sykes and I have had similar career trajectories. We're both from the D.C. area. She spent five years working as a contracting specialist for the NSA, and I got my master's in public health.

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I have immigrant, African parents. They would say, in their Nigerian accents, 'So you want to be a jester?' And I was like, 'I don't want to be a court jester, Ma. I want to be a comedian.'

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As a performer, the thing you want the most is to be your authentic self.

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I started comedy in 2006. I didn't even think it was a thing I could do.

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