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 Copy Share Image
My mother is a fighter. After she battled polio and learned to walk again, the doctors told her she would be a cripple her entire life. Instead of accepting defeat, she refused this fate and went on to become the… — Uzo Aduba Copy Share Image
I loved Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi. Its about a first-generation African family living in America that has to return home to Nigeria… — Uzo Aduba Copy Share Image
The first information I consume in the morning is probably 'The New York Times' and then my Twitter feed. I think Twitter is a… — Uzo Aduba Copy Share Image
If they can learn to say Tchaikovsky and Michelangelo and Dostoyevsky, they can learn to say Uzoamaka. — Uzo Aduba Copy Share Image
I was pursuing the arts with theater in school, and I was doing after-school activities, but not in any real movement towards a professional… — Uzo Aduba Copy Share Image
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… — Uzo Aduba Copy Share Image
On some days in prison you might just need to get out of there, but on some days - not all days, but some… — Uzo Aduba Copy Share Image
My only want and wish, really, was to tell a good story. I wanted to do good work, tell a good story, and give… — Uzo Aduba Copy Share Image
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… — Uzo Aduba Copy Share Image
My family is more a sports family, and I figure skated for a very long time, so movement and how I relate to movement… — Uzo Aduba Copy Share Image
I grew up in a very small town in Massachusetts, and it goes without saying that there weren't many Nigerian families in that town,… — Uzo Aduba Copy Share Image
The magic of landing my first role on Broadway went 'poof' in a matter of a few weeks. — Uzo Aduba Copy Share Image
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… — Uzo Aduba Copy Share Image
