Aduba O Quotes & Sayings

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

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

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 love ensemble work. I love making pieces and building things together. — Uzo Aduba

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

I kept hiding my smile in pictures throughout middle school and most of high school until picture day came my senior year. — Uzo Aduba

If they can learn to say Tchaikovsky and Michelangelo and Dostoyevsky, they can learn to say Uzoamaka. — Uzo Aduba

The magic of landing my first role on Broadway went 'poof' in a matter of a few weeks. — Uzo Aduba

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

On some days in prison you might just need to get out of there, but on some days - not all days, but some - you might be able to see the sky and see the blue in it. — Uzo Aduba

I'm realizing, you don't need to change anything about yourself. This is who you are, and it's okay. That's daring. — Uzo Aduba

My family is from Nigeria, and my full name is Uzoamaka, which means 'The road is good.' — Uzo Aduba

I love physicality. I love movement very much. — Uzo Aduba

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

I might literally fall over dead if I meet Oprah Winfrey. I'm kind of joking, but I'm not confident that wouldn't happen. — Uzo Aduba

Faith is a big thing we explore. — Uzo Aduba

It's exciting to watch people do and write and say what they feel like doing, writing and saying. — Uzo Aduba

I'll definitely wear orange on the red carpet! — Uzo Aduba

Onstage, even though you're here together with the other actor, face-to-face, playing out the scene, you also have that other ear pointed out toward the audience and how they're listening. That informs a lot. — Uzo Aduba

If you're already somebody who's feeling different, you'll do everything in your power to fix it because children will do everything in their power to fit in and assimilate. — 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

My only want and wish, really, was to tell a good story. I wanted to do good work, tell a good story, and give the character a voice. Those were my only expectations. — Uzo Aduba

In performance, you don't always feel that sort of family bond right off the top. It sort of develops and grows over time. — Uzo Aduba

I loved 'Ghana Must Go' by Taiye Selasi. It's about a first-generation African family living in America that has to return home to Nigeria when their estranged father passes away. — Uzo Aduba

I'm obsessed with 'Scandal.' I love, love, love it. I've gotten to meet all of the cast at this point, and they're all so, so nice. — Uzo Aduba

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

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

My family is more a sports family, and I figure skated for a very long time, so movement and how I relate to movement is very integral to my process. — Uzo Aduba

When I was little, I didn't smile much. Don't get me wrong. I was a happy kid, but I couldn't stand the space, dead center, in between my teeth. Yeah, I could whistle through it, but so what? That didn't win me many points on the playground in Medfield, Massachusetts. — Uzo Aduba

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