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I like directors who have worked as actors. They know the experience.

Gabrielle Union

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Gabrielle Union
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: October 29
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
Model
Television Actor
Omaha
Nebraska
Gabrielle Monique Union
Gabrielle Monique Union-Wade
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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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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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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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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.
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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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I date, but the person I date most is myself, unfortunately.
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I just thought acting would be something to help out with my student loans, but my first year as an actress, I made more money than my parents. That's when I realized it could turn into a career. After that, I put everything I had into it.
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If my real life was half as exciting as what is reported, I would be thrilled.
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All minorities think they're immune, but we're absolutely part of the one in five that gets skin cancer! It's a myth, and myths are meant to be debunked!
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I don't get enough sleep so I always have undereye bags.
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If we can have drones, we can have brown people on TV, and the world won't end! We need to catch up. We are painfully behind.
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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 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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My mom is painfully sweet she's from Nebraska.
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We all have to let go of the Prince Charming complex and realize he doesn't necessarily exist in the package we assume he'll come in.
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I want to be Miss USA or Miss America. I would bring the trophy back to Nebraska. My interests are agriculture and corn. Hey, I'm just riding this train as long as I can. As long as I'm having fun, I'll do it. When it stops being fun, I'll try something else.
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I don't function well in chaos, whether it be my sheets or the dishwasher.
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We give a lot of others significance in our lives even when they don't deserve it. It doesn't matter if they're family or if you've known them forever. If they're not good for you, they've got to go.
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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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