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Gbenga Akinnagbe Quotes

I did a movie called 'The Savages' with Laura Linney and Phillip Seymour Hoffman, where I played a nurse, and it showed me in a different role from what I played on 'The Wire.' It showed my range as an actor.

Gbenga Akinnagbe

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actor
Nationality: nigerian
Birth: December 12, 1978

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Me Actor Where Role Different Range

To unwind after training, I love to have a long hot soak in the bath, then veg out on the sofa with a box set. I'm a box-set junkie! I absolutely love 'Grey's Anatomy.'

Jessica Ennis-Hill

Love Training Long Bath Grey Hot

I've never been a waif; I have a womanly figure and always did.

Joely Fisher

Never Always Been Did Figure

I have three daughters who grew up while I was working on the special editions and the prequels. They got to be big 'Star Wars' fans. And, you know, I would see them identifying with a lot of the male characters, and I just thought, 'Star Wars' could use more good strong female leads.'

John Knoll

Good Strong Thought You Know Three

Responsibility for learning belongs to the student, regardless of age.

Robert Martin

Learning Age Responsibility Student

A large part of my career is due to perception, what people think what I am or should be.

Michael Beasley

I Am People Perception Think Career

Poets and heroes are of the same race, the latter do what the former conceive.

Alphonse de Lamartine

Race Same Heroes Poets Conceive

If someone came into my home and wanted to arrest me for murder, that would be far less traumatizing to me than someone coming in and taking my 7-year-old twins.

Trent Franks

Home Me Someone Twins Coming Far

I went through puberty late. I was a little, little, tiny kid. I was still growing in college.

Rob Riggle

College Late Growing Kid Little

I love the humor of 'Monty Python.' I always remember being so impressed by how violent 'Monty Python' are, actually, when you look at what they do. Terry Gilliam has a great way of kind of proposing violence.

Miguel Sapochnik

Love Great Humor Remember You Look

It's heavy, but I am able to carry it. Why? Because I'm an African woman. An African woman carries heavy loads anyway. That's how we are trained; we are brought up that nothing is unbearable. I use that now, positively. I use that now to have the thick skin that I have, and not fear, and move forward, and push; and push forward.

Joyce Banda

Fear Woman I Am Forward Push Skin

And if you're singing to someone, or if they're singing along, and suddenly you're in harmony, then it's actually making a huge difference on a subatomic level that is actually transforming the world.

Jason Mraz

Singing World Someone You Harmony

I have learnt sketching, drawing, singing, dancing, rifle shooting, paragliding.

Divyanka Tripathi

Singing Drawing Dancing Shooting