My only want and wish, really, was to tell a good story. I wanted to do good work, tell a good story, and give the character a voice. Those were my o…

- Uzo Aduba

I'm realizing, you don't need to change anything about yourself. This is who you are, and it's okay. That's daring.

- Uzo Aduba

Ive heard of nothing coming from nothing, but Ive never heard of absolutely nothing coming from hard work.

- Uzo Aduba

I think there's something really thrilling to having to get people laughing about something and then when you have them in that comfort space, you ca…

- Uzo Aduba

It's exciting to watch people do and write and say what they feel like doing, writing and saying.

- Uzo Aduba

I loved Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi. Its about a first-generation African family living in America that has to return home to Nigeria when their es…

- Uzo Aduba

My mother is a fighter. After she battled polio and learned to walk again, the doctors told her she would be a cripple her entire life. Instead of ac…

- Uzo Aduba

I kept hiding my smile in pictures throughout middle school and most of high school until picture day came my senior year.

- Uzo Aduba

Faith is a big thing we explore.

- Uzo Aduba