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Nia Long

"I have a four year old and I'm telling you we did Nickelodeon last night and he embarrassed me. It was like one of those moments when I couldn't believe my kid is acting like this. I just had to just like walk away from him because he was really pushing my buttons."

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"I have a four year old and I'm telling you we did Nickelodeon last night and he embarrassed me. It was like one of those moments when I couldn't believe my kid is acting like this. I just had to just like walk away from him because he was really pushing my buttons."

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Akiroq Brost

"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."

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"My approach to acting is that I am totally intuitive. I read the script and I get it. If I don't get it, I can't do it."

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Akiroq Brost

"Acting is something different to everybody. I just know that if you watch an actor or actress getting better and better, I think that's them just understanding themselves better and better."

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"I am acquainted with no immaterial sensuality so delightful as good acting."

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Akiroq Brost

"While making Genevieve, I learned there could be a lot more to a film than just acting in it."

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Akiroq Brost

"Other acting opportunities had come along, but nothing that was tantalizing enough to me to step away from what I found most interesting."

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Akiroq Brost

"I still have the desire to do the job of acting. It's just a matter of whether I'll be allowed to do the job of acting that remains to be seen. There are only so many brick walls that I'm willing to beat my head on."

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Akiroq Brost

"Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there."

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Akiroq Brost

"You don't know when you're being watched. That's one of the weird things about celebrity. It's my least favorite part of acting, celebrity."

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"One good thing about acting in film is that it's good therapy."

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Nia Long
"I said 'Brian, no one is going to respect me as a mother after this.' He said, 'oh no, yes they will, this is a movie, don't worry about it.' But they're not."

Mother

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Nia Long
"I think there are a lot of other actors that are just talented, it's just about this opportunity - it's just about when are we going to be put in those positions where we can shine."

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Nia Long
"We're all in the service business. If you hire me to do a job I expect everybody else to be where I am. A little bit of crazy is good. It keeps things - balanced."

Business

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Nia Long
"I have a four year old and I'm telling you we did Nickelodeon last night and he embarrassed me. It was like one of those moments when I couldn't believe my kid is acting like this. I just had to just like walk away from him because he was really pushing my buttons."

Acting

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Nia Long
"It's like going to the gym everyday. It really is. I work hard on my craft, I sweat a little bit, I run a little bit, I might sprain an ankle every now and them, but it's all good and the more you do it, the more in shape you are and it's like a machine."

Work

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Nia Long
"I took a little break - I was coming back to work and the last thing I was going to do was take a step backwards, so I knew that if I was going to take a feature it was going to have to be taking a step forward."

Work

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Nia Long
"In terms of Cube I think he's very conscious of the technical aspect of the business whereas when you're just hired as an actor, you're not really secure in that part of your work and you're not really paying attention to where the camera."

Business

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Nia Long
"I think for me to find that project is going to be something that I'm going to have to develop for myself."

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Nia Long
"I think you grow through your experiences; you get better as you grow and I'm not nearly where I think I'm going to be eventually where I inspire to be and hopefully the opportunities will continue to come."

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Nia Long
"Well, the studios don't really want to take those risks right off the bat. They'll take the risk after they've seen the finished product and say oh yeah we want that. This is a great film but they are hesitant to take the risk when you just see it on paper."

Film

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