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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.

Nia Long

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Nia Long
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: October 30
Actor
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Motivational Speaker
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Nia Talita Long
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