Author: Uzo Aduba

Quotes

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

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

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

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

- 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.

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

People were stopping me on the street to say, 'Oh my God, it's Crazy Eyes!' Which is kind of a funny thing to have people shout at you on the street.

People were stopping me on the street to say, 'Oh my God, it's Crazy Eyes!' Which is kind of a funny thing to have people shout at you on the street.

- Uzo Aduba

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

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

- 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.

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 dream in color, and I have visions of feelings and energies that I would love to feel.

I dream in color, and I have visions of feelings and energies that I would love to feel.

- Uzo Aduba

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

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

- 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.

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

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