American - Actress | May 17, 1984 -
It took me forever to leave Chicago. I went to Columbia College because I wasn't ready to leave! My professors had to kick me in the pants to move to Los Angeles.
Lena Waithe
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Like 'Sex and the City' - if you're a New Yorker, you knew half the places they were going to. I want 'The Chi' to feel that way as well.
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Every black man in Chicago walks through the world differently, and I think what young black boys do is observe, and that's what gives them their road map.
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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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I think it's so trite to say you have lead characters. It's like someone saying I'm the lead in my life.
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I'm a black woman, so I'm obviously not going to write something where women aren't at the forefront.
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I got into the business because I love writing. When it came down to finding my voice, which every writer has to take time to do, I think I realized I write black people very well. I write us in a very honest way, and I want to hear the way we really talk.
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I'm very grateful that I'm the kind of actor where I'm not some character actor. I can't disappear into a world.
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The thing for me is to always tell the truth. Not to preach, but to tell the truth.
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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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It was a symbolic moment when 'Moonlight' literally took the Oscar out of 'La La Land's' hand.
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I don't want to be white. I don't want to be straight. I don't want to blend in.
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