My family is more a sports family, and I figure skated for a very long time, so movement and how I relate to movement is very integral to my process. Uzo Aduba familyfigureintegral Change image and share on social
I left my home in Massachusetts after college to move to New York City to pursue my dreams of acting. I took roles for free. I waited tables. I didn't care because it was work. Uzo Aduba actcarecity Change image and share on social
My family is first-generation Nigerian, and we grew up in a very small, suburban town in New England, Massachusetts. So I do understand what it feels like to be an 'only' in that regard. Uzo Aduba englandfamilyfelt Change image and share on social
I grew up in a very small town in Massachusetts, and it goes without saying that there weren't many Nigerian families in that town, and a lot of people couldn't say Uzoamaka. Uzo Aduba familygrowlot Change image and share on social
I come from Nigeria, and we live by the idea that it takes a village. So my entire team. I live by my team: my friends, my neighbors, my teachers - they're the people who taught me how to be a free actor. Uzo Aduba actorentirefree share on social
I'm obsessed with 'Scandal.' I love, love, love it. I've gotten to meet all of the cast at this point, and they're all so, so nice. Uzo Aduba casthavelove Change image and share on social
In performance, you don't always feel that sort of family bond right off the top. It sort of develops and grows over time. Uzo Aduba bonddevelopfamily Change image and share on social
People were stopping me on the street to say, 'Oh my God, it's Crazy Eyes!' Which is kind of a funny thing to have people shout at you on the street. Uzo Aduba crazyeyefunny Change image and share on social
If you're already somebody who's feeling different, you'll do everything in your power to fix it because children will do everything in their power to fit in and assimilate. Uzo Aduba assimilatechildfelt Change image and share on social
I am the daughter of Nigerian immigrants. My mother is a survivor of both polio and of the Igbo genocide during her country's civil war in the late 1960s. Uzo Aduba 1960scivilcountry Change image and share on social
