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The way it works at Julliard is that you just perform with people who are in your own class.
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I was a good bartender. I wouldn't say I was the best bartender in New York, but I could hold my own.
Samira Wiley
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I think that all stereotypes sort of begin with truth. I think that the only problem is if that's the only place that you go.
Samira Wiley -
Playing a character for four years, in people's minds, that's who you are.
Samira Wiley -
I do get recognized, more and more every day.
Samira Wiley -
To be honest, whenever I go to shoots, or I'm on set, it really makes makeup special and allows me to have so much more fun with it – I don't wear it on an everyday basis, because I like my skin to breathe.
Samira Wiley -
You take so much on as a therapist: you just sit there and listen to people talk with you, and you're trying to help people, and it can be draining.
Samira Wiley -
Whether you watch 'Law and Order' all the time or not, everyone knows what it looks like. Everyone knows what the courtroom looks like, what the police precinct looks like.
Samira Wiley
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I didn't do 'Orange' because I knew it was good. I wanted to do this because it feels good. And I just knew that was the place I needed, wanted to be.
Samira Wiley -
I think that therapy is great and can be incredibly helpful.
Samira Wiley -
'Orange Is the New Black' was my home show. I knew the set; I knew everyone there.
Samira Wiley -
You have people who are so passionate and touched by my work, which is so humbling. But other times, it's a little overwhelming. If I'm just trying to go to the bodega and get some coconut water, I have to put on a hat and some glasses - those kind of things.
Samira Wiley -
Like any actor, I want to be able to have a long career and show different characters and a range.
Samira Wiley -
I want to make sure that any young person or anyone, really, who is looking up to me - who sees a glimpse of who I am as a person - that they see no shame, that they see pride, and that I'm truly unabashed about the person that I am.
Samira Wiley
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I'm a big lover of Shakespeare. In fact, the only plays that I've ever done professionally in New York have been Shakespearian.
Samira Wiley -
I grew up in the church.
Samira Wiley -
I have a responsibility as a potential role model that I take very seriously.
Samira Wiley -
When I was younger in the theater, I didn't really feel like I got much recognition from the powers that be. I got a lot of small roles - I never got the standout roles.
Samira Wiley -
It is television; we're making television at the end of the day. It's all smoke and mirrors, and it's all fake, but it's not, because it makes people really feel things that are real.
Samira Wiley -
I really wanted to work with Kate Mulgurew and Natasha Lyonne.
Samira Wiley
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For a New York actor, there are two things you look forward to - getting your SAG card and being on 'Law and Order.'
Samira Wiley -
I'd never played a character as long as I played Poussey. Spending time with her, so much time embodying that character, it was so - and still is and always will be - so special to me and a part of who I am.
Samira Wiley