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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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Gabrielle Union
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: October 29
Actor
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Omaha
Nebraska
Gabrielle Monique Union
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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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If my real life was half as exciting as what is reported, I would be thrilled.
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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 don't get enough sleep so I always have undereye bags.
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Boys are so much drama.
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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'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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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 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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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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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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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 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've dated a number of 'mama's boys.'
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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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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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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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