American - Actress | January 15, 1971 -
Acting was a hobby for me when I started out, or maybe it was because there weren't a lot of examples of me when I found an interest in this art form.
Regina King
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Some people in our business want to play young as long as you can. I just wasn't interested in being a 30-year-old playing a teenager.
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I feel like I was lucky to have a mother that allowed me to dream.
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Now I can always be called 'Emmy winner Regina King.' I think that in this business, it must mean something. Every time someone has won an award, and they're announcing them or speaking about them, that prefaces their name.
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The word 'divorce' wasn't foreign to me. As a child of the 1970s, I grew up as part of a generation of kids whose parents got divorced, and it wasn't seen as this terrible thing. Maybe that's why I believed what my father told me and Reina that day: that everything would be okay. But it wasn't.
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It's kind of crazy to think that I've now been divorced longer than I was married, but I appreciate the journey, because it brought my ex and I back to a friendship that helped us become great co-parents.
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My father is still so much a part of me - from my physique and fast metabolism, which I'm so thankful for now, to my sense of connection to the universe.
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I was married for nine years before my husband and I separated and eventually divorced. Just as I'd watched my parents arguing and fighting, my son watched his parents arguing and fighting. It was like history repeating itself, and I felt terrible about him having to witness that.
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I've always been athletic - I ran track in high school - and it kept my blood pressure in check over the years. Once I was diagnosed with hypertension, I stepped up my workouts.
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I make smart food choices. I love food, especially fish, chicken, and beef.
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I want to be around to see my son grow up and to enjoy my grandkids, which means I need to make my health a priority.
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I don't remember a day where I didn't own a pair of Vans or Chucks. I just try to wear what I feel comfortable in.
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