More Quotes by Adepero Oduye
I'm in awe of how grounded Ms. Tyson is and how her performances can be different but the same. She can switch up the delivery, but it's still with the right intention. Her words are effortless in terms of their meaning and how she inhabits them. She's been doing Trip to Bountiful for four months, and it still feels real. She's pretty amazing.
Adepero Oduye
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Different
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Tyson
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Awe Delivery
Effortless
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Four
Grounded
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Stills
I want to tell authentic, real stories with real characters.
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 have a Twitter handle, but I never sign on.
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
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Life Is Too Short
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Away Reason
Too Short
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Call Wake Up
Young Father
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Wake-up Call
That's what you want art to do, to open people up and start conversations.
I love that you can watch a film and 10 years later still be affected.
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
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Hard To Believe
Feels
Grew Grew
Up Looks
New York
Persons
Range
Shows
Talking
Hard Talking
About Someone
Wide Knows
I would come to L.A. for a job, but I love New York.
My intention is to do more films.