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In Hollywood, you play a mom and instantly, you've got osteoporosis.

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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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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 don't function well in chaos, whether it be my sheets or the dishwasher.
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I don't get enough sleep so I always have undereye bags.
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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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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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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 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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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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I like directors who have worked as actors. They know the experience.
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If my real life was half as exciting as what is reported, I would be thrilled.
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Boys are so much drama.
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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 think I'm drawn to more villain-type characters, because it's so cool to get to say all the things you want to say. In Hollywood, you get to this position where you have to bite your tongue so much. You take all your experiences of not being able to say what you really want to say, and channel that through your character.
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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 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 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 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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