--- title: "1 Ear Quotes By Uzo Aduba" description: "1 Ear quotes by Uzo Aduba. Plus more from Uzo Aduba and more Ear sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/999/uzo-aduba-13698_actor_onstage-even-though-you-re-here-together_1898386.jpg" --- > [Onstage, even though you're here together with the other actor, face-to-face, playing out the scene, you also have that other ear pointed out toward the audience and how they're listening. That informs a lot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzo-aduba/onstage-even-though-you-re-here-together-with-the-other-actor-face-to/) [Uzo Aduba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzo-aduba/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/999/uzo-aduba-13698_actor_onstage-even-though-you-re-here-together_1898386.jpg) ## More by Uzo Aduba > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzo-aduba/i-loved-ghana-must-go-by-taiye-selasi-its-about-a-first-generation/) [Uzo Aduba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzo-aduba/) > [The first information I consume in the morning is probably 'The New York Times' and then my Twitter feed. I think Twitter is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzo-aduba/the-first-information-i-consume-in-the-morning-is-probably-the-new/) [Uzo Aduba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzo-aduba/) > [If they can learn to say Tchaikovsky and Michelangelo and Dostoyevsky, they can learn to say Uzoamaka.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzo-aduba/if-they-can-learn-to-say-tchaikovsky-and-michelangelo-and-dostoyevsky/) [Uzo Aduba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzo-aduba/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzo-aduba/i-was-pursuing-the-arts-with-theater-in-school-and-i-was-doing-after/) [Uzo Aduba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzo-aduba/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzo-aduba/i-am-the-daughter-of-nigerian-immigrants-my-mother-is-a-survivor-of/) [Uzo Aduba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzo-aduba/) > [On some days in prison you might just need to get out of there, but on some days - not all days, but some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzo-aduba/on-some-days-in-prison-you-might-just-need-to-get-out-of-there-but-on/) [Uzo Aduba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzo-aduba/) > [My only want and wish, really, was to tell a good story. I wanted to do good work, tell a good story, and give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzo-aduba/my-only-want-and-wish-really-was-to-tell-a-good-story-i-wanted-to-do/) [Uzo Aduba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzo-aduba/people-were-stopping-me-on-the-street-to-say-oh-my-god-it-s-crazy/) [Uzo Aduba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzo-aduba/) > [My family is more a sports family, and I figure skated for a very long time, so movement and how I relate to movement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzo-aduba/my-family-is-more-a-sports-family-and-i-figure-skated-for-a-very-long/) [Uzo Aduba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzo-aduba/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzo-aduba/i-grew-up-in-a-very-small-town-in-massachusetts-and-it-goes-without/) [Uzo Aduba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzo-aduba/) > [The magic of landing my first role on Broadway went 'poof' in a matter of a few weeks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzo-aduba/the-magic-of-landing-my-first-role-on-broadway-went-poof-in-a-matter/) [Uzo Aduba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzo-aduba/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzo-aduba/when-i-was-little-i-didn-t-smile-much-don-t-get-me-wrong-i-was-a/) [Uzo Aduba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzo-aduba/) > [I like to build a character, trying to stretch my imagination as far to the walls of my brain as I can to come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzo-aduba/i-like-to-build-a-character-trying-to-stretch-my-imagination-as-far/) [Uzo Aduba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzo-aduba/) > [I left my home in Massachusetts after college to move to New York City to pursue my dreams of acting. I took roles for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzo-aduba/i-left-my-home-in-massachusetts-after-college-to-move-to-new-york/) [Uzo Aduba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzo-aduba/) > [I love physicality. I love movement very much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzo-aduba/i-love-physicality-i-love-movement-very-much/) [Uzo Aduba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzo-aduba/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ear/uzo-aduba/#itemlist", "name": "1 Ear Quotes By Uzo Aduba", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Onstage, even though you're here together with the other actor, face-to-face, playing out the scene, you also have that other ear pointed out toward the audience and how they're listening. 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