More Quotes by Adepero Oduye
You look up to your parents and you want them to accept you, and you don't want them to look at you in a negative light. So you do things to make them proud and accept you.
I want to tell authentic, real stories with real characters.
My intention is to do more films.
The reason why I found acting is because my father passed away. He passed away really young. I was going to go to med school. My father's dream was that all of his kids become doctors. I realized in school I didn't like it. When he died, it was like a wake-up call. Life is too short to do something you don't want to do.
Adepero Oduye
Dream
Father
Life Is Too Short
Kids
School Acting
Passed
Away Reason
Too Short
I Realized
Wake Up
Call Wake Up
Young Father
Passed Away
Died
Reason Why
Wake-up Call
I grew up in New York and I've always lived here, so I look at myself as a regular person. When somebody recognizes me from the film - and it can be a wide range of people, which shows the power of film - I feel like they're talking about someone else we both know. I just find it hard to believe that anyone would stop me to share how much they loved something that I was a part of.
Adepero Oduye
Believe
People
Film
Share
Hard To Believe
Feels
Grew Grew
Up Looks
New York
Persons
Range
Shows
Talking
Hard Talking
About Someone
Wide Knows
I took acting classes in my senior year in college and I loved it.
I have a Twitter handle, but I never sign on.
My mother's a pretty warm, open person.
There are conservative people in all colours in America.
I was reading the paper and saw a cartoon with Ray Kelly frisking Obama, and I was like "Wait, what's happening?" so I Googled it. For everything Obama stands for and the things he's said in the past in his books, especially with the Trayvon Martin thing - and I'm not sure if he [made his comments on Trayvon] because he was asked a question and he was trying to be diplomatic and neutral - that can't happen.
Adepero Oduye
Book
Reading
Past
Waiting
Trying
Cartoon
Not Sure
Comment
Diplomatic
Made
Paper
Rays Said
Saws
Trayvon
Martin
Happenings
Happens Ifs