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I'm not going to change the world overnight. It's one person at a time, and hopefully they're people in positions of power who can help people get in those roles and really, truly embrace colorblind casting.

Gabrielle Union

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Gabrielle Union
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: October 29
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As a newly married person, as much as I would love for my husband to buy into the 'my way or the highway' philosophy, you realize it's all about compromising and finding some sort of middle ground that everyone can live with.
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I just kind of assumed that you do a movie and then you leave and you hop onto the next thing. I never thought that people are actually buddies.
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I think there's a lot of things that occur within the African-American community, that we would prefer to stay within the African-American community - that we get a little nervous when you start having scenes or dialogue that we know is going to be viewed and heard on a national or global scale.
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I don't function well in chaos, whether it be my sheets or the dishwasher.
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My mom is painfully sweet she's from Nebraska.
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After Halle Berry does her films and Queen Latifah does her films, it's left to all the black, Latino and Asian actresses to fight over a couple of roles. I opted for some TV. There's just not a ton of work in film.
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Drama can feel like therapy whereas comedy feels like there's been a pressure and a weight lifted off of you. You come to work and you laugh all day, you go home and you feel light and there's a certain feeling when you're sitting with the audience and they leave after 90 minutes and it's just pure escapism and they're happy.
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I played sports year around: basketball, soccer, softball and I ran track year around, from the time I was, like, six, seven.
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You want to come home to a nice firm bed with the corners tucked in so you start over, like each night is like a new night.
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We don't consider black, urban films as 'indies,' though many of them are shot for under $10 million which is kind of the definition of an indie.
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My wish for the world would be to end violence against women. My wish for myself would be for peace of mind.
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I was always in the popular crowd, but I really had atrocious teeth. I was encouraged to 'do well in school, 'cause no one's going to marry you!'
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I can't just say one time of the year I'm going to do something different. I have to commit to a lifestyle behavioral change and just try to be a little bit better today than I was yesterday.
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What's interesting is that producers, directors and writers tend to typecast me in terms of whatever movie they've seen me in most recently.
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The guys I tended to date, you know, didn't necessarily have it altogether but I had a great time.
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Boys are so much drama.
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I don't get enough sleep so I always have undereye bags.
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I realized I had been keeping people around even when deep down I knew they were bad for me. I had overridden myself.
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