Aja Naomi King Quotes
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I majored in theater, so I'd love to get back on a stage.
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I use Pureology Shampoo and Conditioner, and after shampooing, I'll put the conditioner on, go watch a movie, and wash it out later. When you have black girl hair, once we wash, we've gotta do the whole press and get in the edges and everything. That's a lot of heat to go back to straight on a daily basis.
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To meet someone who wants to fight to just tell the truth about what's happening in government... this is a real life superhero right here.
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A man can get my attention by smiling at me and then coming over and talking to me. The best way to get a girl's attention is to start a conversation.
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When I was younger, it was harder for me to find a black eyeliner that would actually show up on my skin. Being a dark-skinned woman, when you find something that actually shows up on your face, you love it even more.
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I'm a little bit of a control freak, so it's been nice to learn to let go and just trust others.
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Sometimes people just need to feel heard, and being an actor has taught me to really listen.
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Not everyone's high standards have to be the same thing.
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I've never given my phone number to someone on the street, but when someone is a gentleman, I appreciate the compliments.
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I've been trying to eat healthier, but sometimes it doesn't work out when you're sitting in front of the TV drinking wine, and you realize you really need ice cream to go along with it.
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By high school, I was telling everyone, 'Oh, I'm going to be a doctor when I grow up,' because my dad was always saying to me, 'Pick a career path where you're always going to be necessary.' But by junior year, I was president of choir, I was the lead in the school play, and I just loved being onstage performing.
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Love is a complicated emotion because you can learn something or hear something that goes against what you have come to know personally. It can be very challenging to what you believe.
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I was getting in my own way. I would quit jobs and step out on hope and faith, and pray to God that I would book something that would allow me to just continue to act.
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We all have our family issues from time to time.
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I thought I was going to be on Broadway. I thought, 'I'm going to do theater.'
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When I was younger, my mother tried to get me an agent because I was always singing and dancing, but whenever she took me to an audition, I would just shut down.
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If all we remember are good things, then happiness is our baseline, and there's no longer happiness. We need other feelings in order to appreciate others.
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Studying acting has been personally enriching because it has taught me to take the time to imagine what someone else's life experience might be like. To look deeply at how our pasts and the circumstances of our early childhoods mold us as people.
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My hair routine is to let someone else do it.
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A man should be well groomed. If you're going to have facial hair, it should be a choice, not an accident.
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I love the powerful woman who's complicated. There's no push to be one thing or another thing. It's all human. That's what you look for as an actor: characters written and portrayed in the most human way possible.
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I do everything on my phone!
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I want to write. I want to direct. I want to produce - I want to inhabit what I think it means to fully be an artist.
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I'm obsessed with eyeliner - the darker and kohl-ier, the better.