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…

— Uzo Aduba

The first information I consume in the morning is probably 'The New York Times' and then my Twitter feed. I think Twitter…

— Uzo Aduba

If they can learn to say Tchaikovsky and Michelangelo and Dostoyevsky, they can learn to say Uzoamaka.

— 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…

— Uzo Aduba

I am the daughter of Nigerian immigrants. My mother is a survivor of both polio and of the Igbo genocide during her…

— Uzo Aduba

On some days in prison you might just need to get out of there, but on some days - not all days,…

— Uzo Aduba

My only want and wish, really, was to tell a good story. I wanted to do good work, tell a good story,…

— 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…

— Uzo Aduba

My family is more a sports family, and I figure skated for a very long time, so movement and how I relate…

— 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…

— Uzo Aduba

The magic of landing my first role on Broadway went 'poof' in a matter of a few weeks.

— 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…

— Uzo Aduba

I like to build a character, trying to stretch my imagination as far to the walls of my brain as I can…

— Uzo Aduba

I left my home in Massachusetts after college to move to New York City to pursue my dreams of acting. I took…

— Uzo Aduba

I love physicality. I love movement very much.

— Uzo Aduba

It's exciting to watch people do and write and say what they feel like doing, writing and saying.

— Uzo Aduba

I ran track in high school very competitively, and then ran it D-1 at Boston University. I ran there on an athletic…

— Uzo Aduba

I love ensemble work. I love making pieces and building things together.

— Uzo Aduba

I used to be a huge fan of 'Lockup' on MSNBC, and that certainly has helped with my understanding of the world.

— Uzo Aduba

I love De la Renta. I love CoSTUME National; I think they're just incredible. And I love Marc Jacobs, too - they're…

— Uzo Aduba

I'm realizing, you don't need to change anything about yourself. This is who you are, and it's okay. That's daring.

— Uzo Aduba

Ive heard of nothing coming from nothing, but Ive never heard of absolutely nothing coming from hard work.

— Uzo Aduba

I'll definitely wear orange on the red carpet!

— Uzo Aduba

I kept hiding my smile in pictures throughout middle school and most of high school until picture day came my senior year.

— Uzo Aduba

In performance, you don't always feel that sort of family bond right off the top. It sort of develops and grows over…

— Uzo Aduba