On the time she almost quit acting: "There have been times in my life where I have doubted, questioned, Felt tired, but I had never quit before in my core. My heart never quit. And that was the first time I Felt my heart give out on me."
On her elated reaction to hearing she'd been cast as Crazy Eyes: "I lost my mind. I'm running around my apartment crying. I was like, 'You don't understand. I just quit.' And my agent quoted The Godfather line: 'Just when you thought you were out, they pull you back in.'"
On why people can't get e**ugh of Orange Is the New Black: "People were thirsty, but they didn't even k**w what they were thirsty for until they saw our show. They wanted stories that Felt inclusive of their existence, where they could see themselves . . . I never imagined a Bantu k**t-wearing woman named Crazy Eyes would do all of this. Definitely **t."
On her self-worth: "This business will try to convince you that you're **t e**ugh. That you're **t pretty e**ugh, thin e**ugh, talented e**ugh, interesting e**ugh, experienced e**ugh, and I say, 'E**ugh. E**ugh with that!' Who are you to tell me that I am **t e**ugh when I k**w that I am more than e**ugh? I can**t subscribe to anyone else's idea of how I am meant to look, what size I am meant to be, whether I have a gap in my teeth, how I'm supposed to behave, what your idea of what my black womanhood is supposed to look like. **. This is me. I am just Uzo. I can't be anything other than that, and I don't want to be."
08-09-2016, 11:47 PM
If You've Ever Felt Worthless, Uzo Aduba Has Something You Need to Hear
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