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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzo-aduba/my-mother-is-a-fighter-after-she-battled-polio-and-learned-to-walk/)

[Uzo Aduba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzo-aduba/)

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> [I come from Nigeria, and we live by the idea that it takes a village. So my entire team. I live by my team: my friends, my neighbors, my teachers - they're the people who taught me how to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzo-aduba/i-come-from-nigeria-and-we-live-by-the-idea-that-it-takes-a-village/)

[Uzo Aduba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzo-aduba/)

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## Other authors on Entire

## 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/)

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