Lena Waithe Quotes
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Being born gay, black, and female is not a revolutionary act. Being proud to be a gay black female is.
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With success always comes mimicry.
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I love basketball! When I'm flying, and I have on sweats, a hat, and sneakers, people always assume that I'm a high school kid going to an away game. And I always say no, I'm a fan of the game.
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Even white people are tired of watching white people's shows.
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I'm a big believer in writing really good dialogue.
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I'm a big fan of Nora Ephron, who believed everything is copy, and I agree.
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The reason I get so excited about 'Master of None' is because it's showing people of color as regular people.
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Growing up, I didn't just watch 'The Cosby Show.' I watched 'Growing Pains' and 'Family Ties,' too.
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I love a web series. But to me, it does the girl in Detroit a disservice who just watches television. It does a disservice to the girl on the south side of Chicago who doesn't go online.
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I actually don't like saying 'lead character,' which is an interesting thing. If you say there's a lead, then there has to be someone to follow.
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To be a black person is to come from a long bloodline of survivors and storytellers, with a resilience that people can't even comprehend.
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People always go, 'Damn, how you got all this happening at once?' I tell them it's the Chicago in me.
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All the writers for 'The Chi,' they're all phenomenal, so I'm just working on projects with them. They have great scripts.
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Maybe some young girl seeing me on the Emmy stage may have meant something for them.
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I actually really liked 'The Help.' I know that may not be a popular thing, but I thought it was a solid film. It wasn't 'Roots.' It wasn't 'The Color Purple.' But you couldn't pick it apart in terms of storytelling, and I thought the characters were well written.
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I never thought I would write about Chicago, and I definitely never thought I would write a drama.
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For me, my brand is good storytelling.
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I think that for the most part, black people specifically have sort of been used as props in TV shows as a way to move story along or as a way to make things more entertaining.
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I feel like I wanna have a series of moments. It's scary when they say you're having a moment, because moments are momentary.
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I always love where I can plug a black woman in anywhere, and when that comes up, I don't say, 'Oh that has to be a black woman.' I say, 'Why not a black woman?'
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I don't like beating people on the head with the message. I don't like standing on the soapbox.
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I don't need an Emmy to tell me to go to work. I've been working.
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I've been obsessed with television since I was 7 years old, and I've always been writing on some level.
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The thing for me is to always tell the truth. Not to preach, but to tell the truth.