Yvonne Orji Quotes

Yvonne Orji

Profession : Actress

Birth : December 2, 1983

I don't know who I'll end up with, but whoever he is must have a strong religious commitment, must be someone who loves God.

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It's great for people to give out of the kindness of their hearts, but because we're in a consumerist society, it's also great to have the opportunity to give and get.

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I used to work in public health, and the issues were sustainability, how the funds were being delineated, and if the funds were actually helping the people we think they're helping.

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I worked for a company called Population Services International, a social marketing company advocating healthy behaviors. We had a big branding campaign with celebrities to help educate about the proper use of mosquito nets, for example, to help prevent malaria.

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If you're a woman of colour and you have any level of education, you have to adapt.

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I was looking around this room, this sea of industry folk. If I had have worn black and white, somebody would have asked me to get them a cocktail; the only other people of colour there were servers.

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I don't know how often white people look around and think, 'Wow, there's really a lot of white people here; we should fix that.' But I know black people often look around and think, 'Wow, I'm the only one here - why?'

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There's this idea if you are a woman of colour, that you must never let them see you break down. That we've got to show ourselves in the best light, always, as the 'Strong Black Women' and bring that 'black girl magic' all the time.

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I was supposed to be the doctor in my family.

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For me, I just stuck to school. I thought you can't be bullied and dumb, so books and I will be friends.

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There's not one black narrative. There's not one way to be black.

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Sometimes you're just regular. Sometimes you wake up, and your breath stinks like everybody else, and you had a bad hair day.

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If I'm home on Wednesdays, I go to Bible study. I get my God time in, definitely.

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Getting into comedy was difficult for my parents to comprehend. I think now they are really proud I stuck to it.

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I remember, growing up, it wasn't sexy to be African. We got called names.

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Black girls can make the best girlfriends.

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It's only in acting where I've heard in auditions, 'Can you black it up a little bit? Can you make her a little bit more urban?' And it's just like, 'What?' I don't even know the word for that.

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Everyone has met or seen or interacted with a Nigerian in America because we leave Nigeria for here. We're your doctors. We're your lawyers. We're your child's best friend. All of the above.

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