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Amanda Seales

(1981) Actor

84 quotes in 284 categories

Amanda Seales is an actor.

Quick Facts About Amanda Seales

Born: July 1, 1981
Profession: Actor

About Amanda Seales

[Wikidata] American actress... | [Wikipedia] Amanda Ingrid Seales, formerly known by the stage names Amanda Diva and Mendacious D, is a Grenadian-American actress. From 2017 to 2021, she starred in the HBO comedy series Insecure. In 2019, HBO released her first stand-up comedy special, I Be Knowin. Then, in 2020, Seales launched Smart Funny &

Quotes by Amanda Seales · Page 2

I am all at once in awe and in confusion at some of the folks I encounter during fashion week, consistently causing…

Awe

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I was in the music industry as Amanda Diva for 10 years but I realized that I had bigger work to do…

Black community

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If you're not good at juggling, then you're not juggling. I always tell people that. If you're dropping a lot of balls,…

Always

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I am from Florida, so I didn't 'grow up' on Wu-Tang.

Florida

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America was made for white men. Literally, at the time of the writing of the new country's Constitution, only white men could…

America

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I speak from a black woman's perspective, and that's a specific perspective, but sometimes there are things I want to be understood…

Balance

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I've made it my business to condition and train folks to understand that you'll never know what's going to come out of…

Business

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I feel like I have a unique voice that's true and authentic, and we need more of that. If I can inspire…

Inspiration

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Exactly what I'm doing is what success looks like. I get to create on my own terms, on my own timeline, and…

Create

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I come from an academic background, and I have a genuine interest in social change.

Change

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I'm an artist through and through.

Art

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The truth is what facts are. I like facts. I like things to line up and be clear, and when we are…

Believe

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My hair changes with my emotions... and my purpose for the day.

Changes

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Cornrows came back with a vengeance in the early '00s with every dude trying to grow his hair out to get 'braided…

America

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My first encounter with Wu-Tang Clan came when I ordered six CDs from those throwback catalog orders, from Columbia House or something,…

Cds

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Drake ain't fake.

Drake

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From the beginning with 'So Far Gone,' Drake's work has been to find a way to deftly balance his singing and his…

Balance

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My whole intention is to break down these limitations of what a black comedian is supposed to be and to open up…

Comedian

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I want to be able to do what I want to do and have people care about it.

Able

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I've always found inspiration in icons that were really of purpose in their craft or calling. From Bob Marley to Maya Angelou…

Always

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My brain doesn't work in a typical linear fashion: my brain is vibrant and fast and bright and on 10,000 all the time.

Brain

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I think, for a long time, I didn't have people who understood where I was coming from. They were giving me advice…

Advice

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Jazz does what it wants to, and so does The Wu.

Does

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I used to work at Sirius. And when I got my job at Sirius, I was only 21. It was my first…

College

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Wokeness, for what it's worth, is a buzzword that a lot of people are not truly understanding the depth of. I think…

Lose

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