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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.
Gabrielle Union
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Gabrielle Union
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: October 29
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Television Actor
Omaha
Nebraska
Gabrielle Monique Union
Gabrielle Monique Union-Wade
Gabrielle Union-Wade
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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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My mom is painfully sweet she's from Nebraska.
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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 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'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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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 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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I love romantic comedies. They're for me the easiest thing to do and the most natural to do. There's nothing natural about holding an uzi hanging out of a moving van shooting at people. That's not second nature to me, thank God.
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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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When someone who loves and cares about me compliments me, I feel more glamorous than when the flashbulbs are going off on the red carpet.
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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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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 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 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 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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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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I date, but the person I date most is myself, unfortunately.
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In Hollywood, you play a mom, and the next thing you know, you're on 'The Golden Girls.' They age you so fast.
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If my real life was half as exciting as what is reported, I would be thrilled.
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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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