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title: "1 Grew South Quotes By Nicole Beharie"
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> [When I was younger, my father was in the Foreign Service and we lived in Nigeria, Panama, and London, but for the most part I grew up in the South and D.C. I got the travel bug as a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-beharie/when-i-was-younger-my-father-was-in-the-foreign-service-and-we-lived/)

[Nicole Beharie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-beharie/)

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## More by Nicole Beharie

> [I was kind of a bully, even though I'm tiny, 5' 2". As a child, I'd boss other kids around and dress my little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-beharie/i-was-kind-of-a-bully-even-though-i-m-tiny-5-2-as-a-child-i-d-boss/)

[Nicole Beharie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-beharie/)

> [Stone Mountain, Georgia, still had Ku Klux Klan marches, and I had a wild and courageous mother who'd put us in the car to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-beharie/stone-mountain-georgia-still-had-ku-klux-klan-marches-and-i-had-a/)

[Nicole Beharie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-beharie/)

> [I kind of feel like I have grown as just like a human being as a human being by being able to adapt and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-beharie/i-kind-of-feel-like-i-have-grown-as-just-like-a-human-being-as-a/)

[Nicole Beharie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-beharie/)

> [When I was younger, my father was in the Foreign Service and we lived in Nigeria, Panama, and London, but for the most part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-beharie/when-i-was-younger-my-father-was-in-the-foreign-service-and-we-lived/)

[Nicole Beharie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-beharie/)

> [I was the jokester, the one who made the family laugh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-beharie/i-was-the-jokester-the-one-who-made-the-family-laugh/)

[Nicole Beharie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-beharie/)

> [I think it's a great time to be a person of color and with talent. And actually, to be a woman as well. Our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-beharie/i-think-it-s-a-great-time-to-be-a-person-of-color-and-with-talent-and/)

[Nicole Beharie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-beharie/)

> [I've been fortunate to work with Alfre Woodard and Jeffrey Wright; people who are artists, have careers, longevity and full lives. That looks good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-beharie/i-ve-been-fortunate-to-work-with-alfre-woodard-and-jeffrey-wright/)

[Nicole Beharie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-beharie/)

> [My mom has an English accent, so we always referred to the trunk as the 'boot.' And then, suddenly, we moved to Georgia and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-beharie/my-mom-has-an-english-accent-so-we-always-referred-to-the-trunk-as/)

[Nicole Beharie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-beharie/)

> [There are expectations in how you play your character as a black woman, to be sassy and the same kind of feel, as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-beharie/there-are-expectations-in-how-you-play-your-character-as-a-black/)

[Nicole Beharie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-beharie/)

> [Everything about us black people is complicated, us being here, being a minority, being a woman, all those things are complicated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-beharie/everything-about-us-black-people-is-complicated-us-being-here-being-a/)

[Nicole Beharie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-beharie/)

> [I went to Juilliard in New York and used to do cabarets just for fun. Occasionally, I would get together with a jazz musician…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-beharie/i-went-to-juilliard-in-new-york-and-used-to-do-cabarets-just-for-fun/)

[Nicole Beharie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-beharie/)

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