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Nia Long
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: October 30
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Actress
Film Actor
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Kingston
Jamaica
Nia Talita Long
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Whether you're playing a mom on-screen or you're in a car pool lane driving your child to school in the morning, there are similarities that are undeniable. And once you're a mother, there are certain things that are instinct. You just have a better understanding of what it means to be a mother.
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I want to have conversations, because they give you confidence in your choices. I learned it first on Boyz n the Hood, but it is not a race-based experience - it is part of the artistic process.
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As long as the acting is good, I can appreciate it.
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Collaboration is necessary for making great art. Everybody has a perspective on what they think or feel the material should ultimately look like when it hits the screen.
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I think that's the most important thing: that we create dialogue.
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I try to do the same thing when I'm with young actors who are new and unsure. I try to do the same thing for them that I saw Laurence [Fishburne] and Angela [Dasset]do for all of us on Boyz n the Hood.
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Just like in Christianity or Buddhism, obviously there are certain practices that dictate one's life, but I don't think you can say all Muslim women are a certain way.
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I love shoes. I am a shoe fanatic. I have a special closet in my home just for my shoes.
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I am not supporting Donald Trump. I think he does this country such a disservice. And I'm gonna leave it there.
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I know how to make other women look beautiful: from hair to makeup to wardrobe. So, I feel that I have a gift with imaging, and that's kind of fundamental to the music video process.
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I don’t feel less loved or less loving because I’m not married.
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I don't really like to compare my life as an actress and being my son's mother. My personal life and my professional life are very different, and I try to keep them separate, just because my personal life is so precious to me.
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The minute your child is born, your life is changed forever. I think I've become so aware of how important balance is in life.
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I think for me to find that project is going to be something that I'm going to have to develop for myself.
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I think you grow through your experiences you get better as you grow and I'm not nearly where I think I'm going to be eventually where I inspire to be and hopefully the opportunities will continue to come.
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All of us have moments in our lives when we have to choose between what we know is right and what we feel obligated to do.
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I've always been raised to love everyone, to accept everyone for their differences, and to just be open. But at a young, a very young age, I realized what racism was all about.
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So much of parenting is following your instincts, and taking the time to actually know your child.
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I do think gun control is important. I am a supporter of gun control.
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I think it's a beautiful thing when you wear a uniform or a garb which represents a group of people, because what it immediately symbolizes is oneness, togetherness.
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