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> [I entered the acting world at a time when there was a higher demand for Middle Eastern actors in the post-9/11 world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nazanin-boniadi/i-entered-the-acting-world-at-a-time-when-there-was-a-higher-demand/)

[Nazanin Boniadi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nazanin-boniadi/)

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> [I think I found roles which weren't the roles I thought I'd be doing but they were the kind that brought me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/divya-dutta/i-think-i-found-roles-which-weren-t-the-roles-i-thought-i-d-be-doing/)

[Divya Dutta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/divya-dutta/)

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> [What I needed to do was carve out parts for me, roles for me that weren't just the sidekick, where I got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-byer/what-i-needed-to-do-was-carve-out-parts-for-me-roles-for-me-that/)

[Nicole Byer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-byer/)

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> [I was always longing to do, emotionally and physically, what my male counterparts always got to do. I just felt envious, every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-bullock/i-was-always-longing-to-do-emotionally-and-physically-what-my-male/)

[Sandra Bullock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-bullock/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/179/sandra-bullock-985_always_i-was-always-longing-to-do-emotionally-a_1346127.jpg)

> [I didn't come up in a culture or society that looked on me as a movie star. I was the bad guy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/i-didn-t-come-up-in-a-culture-or-society-that-looked-on-me-as-a-movie/)

[Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebc/bill-duke-10801_bad_i-didn-t-come-up-in-a-culture-or-society_1831610.jpg)

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