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Samira Wiley

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I've seen my parents dragged through the mud. But I wouldn't be the person I am today without them. - Samira Wiley
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I love horror movies. - Samira Wiley
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I really wanted to work with Kate Mulgurew and Natasha Lyonne. - Samira Wiley
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When you're in prison, the progress of the outside world doesn't necessarily translate inside prison walls. You don't have any rights; it just doesn't progress along the same timeline. - Samira Wiley
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I'm a big lover of Shakespeare. In fact, the only plays that I've ever done professionally in New York have been Shakespearian. - Samira Wiley
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I come from a theater background, and if you're doing a play, your audience is right there, and you're able to have that one-on-one experience. Doing more TV now, when fans come up to me on the street and talk to me on social media, that's a way to bridge that gap. - Samira Wiley
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The way it works at Julliard is that you just perform with people who are in your own class. - Samira Wiley
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I never want to pigeonhole myself or get typecast. I'm looking forward to my career and showing all of my range as an actress, and I'm looking at other mediums, too. I'm a theater actress first. And I cannot wait to return to the stage. - Samira Wiley
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I have a responsibility as a potential role model that I take very seriously. - Samira Wiley
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Before Juilliard, I was a schoolteacher for a little bit. I taught in a charter school. I was a substitute teacher for kids ages 3 to 6. - Samira Wiley
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You have people who are so passionate and touched by my work, which is so humbling. But other times, it's a little overwhelming. If I'm just trying to go to the bodega and get some coconut water, I have to put on a hat and some glasses - those kind of things. - Samira Wiley
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There was this girl who went to my school, and she did a Nikki Giovanni poem, 'Ego Tripping,' and it was just different from everyone else's. It wasn't flat recitation. It had an energy and a life to it. And it made me sit up in my seat, and my eyes got wide, and I really felt inside myself, 'She's making me feel things. I want to do that.' - Samira Wiley
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I remember when I got into Juilliard - which was just crazy to me, that I would be studying at a school like that - the choice to cut all my hair off was really symbolic for me. - Samira Wiley
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For a New York actor, there are two things you look forward to - getting your SAG card and being on 'Law and Order.' - Samira Wiley
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We can climb mountains with self-love. - Samira Wiley
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I'm actual thankful for the amount of responsibility that has been handed to me. I feel very honored. - Samira Wiley
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