Adepero Oduye
Adepero Oduye
Adepero Oduye is an American actress, director, and writer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth11 January 1978
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
love
I would come to L.A. for a job, but I love New York.
came families opened whose
I have friends who are black whose families opened their arms to them when they came out; I have friends who were white where they were rejected.
president nominations assuming
I assume Obama knows about stop and frisk, so this is not the person that should be the head of homeland security. I had to say something. Kelly's nomination would go against who President Obama is.
light parent looks
You look up to your parents and you want them to accept you, and you don't want them to look at you in a negative light. So you do things to make them proud and accept you.
dream father life-is-too-short
The reason why I found acting is because my father passed away. He passed away really young. I was going to go to med school. My father's dream was that all of his kids become doctors. I realized in school I didn't like it. When he died, it was like a wake-up call. Life is too short to do something you don't want to do.
book reading past
I was reading the paper and saw a cartoon with Ray Kelly frisking Obama, and I was like "Wait, what's happening?" so I Googled it. For everything Obama stands for and the things he's said in the past in his books, especially with the Trayvon Martin thing - and I'm not sure if he [made his comments on Trayvon] because he was asked a question and he was trying to be diplomatic and neutral - that can't happen.
senior college class
I took acting classes in my senior year in college and I loved it.
handle
I have a Twitter handle, but I never sign on.
years watches film
I love that you can watch a film and 10 years later still be affected.
new-york believe talking
I grew up in New York and I've always lived here, so I look at myself as a regular person. When somebody recognizes me from the film - and it can be a wide range of people, which shows the power of film - I feel like they're talking about someone else we both know. I just find it hard to believe that anyone would stop me to share how much they loved something that I was a part of.
beautiful thinking
I think L.A. is beautiful.
real character stories
I want to tell authentic, real stories with real characters.
jobs new-york i-love-new-york
I would come to L.A. for a job, but I love New York.
real different four
I'm in awe of how grounded Ms. Tyson is and how her performances can be different but the same. She can switch up the delivery, but it's still with the right intention. Her words are effortless in terms of their meaning and how she inhabits them. She's been doing Trip to Bountiful for four months, and it still feels real. She's pretty amazing.