American - Actress | May 17, 1984 -
People can say what they want about a person, but if you're successful and you make them money, then people don't care.
Lena Waithe
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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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I definitely have been very mindful of what kind of leader and creator I want to be. A lot of that has to with looking at the writers that you work with. They're all like your children. They all need love, but different versions of it.
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I am always searching for something different or something fresh, something hasn't been done. But the truth is, at the end of the day, we're all sort of retelling something. We're doing a version of something that's already been done.
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'The Breakfast Club' was one of my favorites.
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There's something specific about Chicagoans, and I just felt like I'd love to tell their story in a creative way. Not in a way to go, 'Oh, Chicago's perfect.' I don't believe that. I don't think that. I know we have our issues.
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What's 'Atlanta' about? Technically, it's about a couple guys who are friends, but to me, 'Atlanta' is about black lives. I'm getting a real look at what black life means in Atlanta.
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Always maintain your composure.
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I watched a ton of TV because I was raised by a single mom and spent a lot of time with my grandmother. Like most grandparents do, she would spend hours and hours in front of the TV box.
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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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It's weird because I see black gay characters on television all the time, but do I relate to them? Not always, because they're set pieces.
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With success always comes mimicry.
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