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1. When I was little, I didn’t smile much. Don’t get me wrong. I was a happy kid, but I couldn’t stand the space, dead center, in between my teeth. Yeah, I could whistle through it, but so what? That didn’t win me many points on the playground in Medfield, Massachusetts.
2. I try to play serious scenes a little funny and the comedy a little serious.
3. On some days in prison you might just need to get out of there, but on some days — not all days, but some — you might be able to see the sky and see the blue in it.
4. In performance, you don’t always feel that sort of family bond right off the top. It sort of develops and grows over time.
5. I dream in color, and I have visions of feelings and energies that I would love to feel.
6. The first information I consume in the morning is probably ‘The New York Times’ and then my Twitter feed. I think Twitter is a really fascinating, easy way to stay on top of what stories are out there.
7. I’d read a lot of scripts, and I remember reading ‘Orange Is the New Black,’ and it was at the head of the pack. I remember thinking, ‘Wow, that is really good. I would love to be a part of that.’
8. My finding of myself as an artist, which I think in itself helped me to find just who I am and how I want to express myself, is entirely — in conjunction, of course, with my family, particularly my mom — founded on teachers.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. I love physicality. I love movement very much.
13. I’ll definitely wear orange on the red carpet!
14. I was in New York doing musicals in the theater and on Broadway before ‘Orange,’ so people always ask, ‘Are you ever going to get to sing? Does she even sing?’ But people who know me know I actually do sing.
15. Onstage, even though you’re here together with the other actor, face-to-face, playing out the scene, you also have that other ear pointed out toward the audience and how they’re listening. That informs a lot.
16. I was pursuing the arts with theater in school, and I was doing after-school activities, but not in any real movement towards a professional career.
17. 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.
18. I think it’s always a good idea to dress as someone you like, as long as it’s done in good taste. That’s the key.
19. 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.
20. My parents wanted us to be well-rounded individuals and really have the American experiences as richly as one can.