Zitat des Tages von Uzo Aduba:
My family is from Nigeria, and my full name is Uzoamaka, which means 'The road is good.'
If you're already somebody who's feeling different, you'll do everything in your power to fix it because children will do everything in their power to fit in and assimilate.
I used to be a huge fan of 'Lockup' on MSNBC, and that certainly has helped with my understanding of the world.
I think it's always a good idea to dress as someone you like, as long as it's done in good taste. That's the key.
I kept hiding my smile in pictures throughout middle school and most of high school until picture day came my senior year.
I think there's something really thrilling to having to get people laughing about something, and then, when you have them in that comfort space, you can drop the weight into the texture of the story.
I was pursuing the arts with theater in school, and I was doing after-school activities, but not in any real movement towards a professional career.
In performance, you don't always feel that sort of family bond right off the top. It sort of develops and grows over time.
As for the fake teeth, they're officially retired. I haven't really found a need or want to wear them.
I come from Nigeria, and we live by the idea that it takes a village. So my entire team. I live by my team: my friends, my neighbors, my teachers - they're the people who taught me how to be a free actor.
I am the daughter of Nigerian immigrants. My mother is a survivor of both polio and of the Igbo genocide during her country's civil war in the late 1960s.
The first information I consume in the morning is probably 'The New York Times' and then my Twitter feed. I think Twitter is a really fascinating, easy way to stay on top of what stories are out there.
I'm obsessed with 'Scandal.' I love, love, love it. I've gotten to meet all of the cast at this point, and they're all so, so nice.
The magic of landing my first role on Broadway went 'poof' in a matter of a few weeks.
Onstage, even though you're here together with the other actor, face-to-face, playing out the scene, you also have that other ear pointed out toward the audience and how they're listening. That informs a lot.
I ran track in high school very competitively, and then ran it D-1 at Boston University. I ran there on an athletic scholarship and chose BU because they had both a good track program and an arts program.
My family is first-generation Nigerian, and we grew up in a very small, suburban town in New England, Massachusetts. So I do understand what it feels like to be an 'only' in that regard.
