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I think Nina Simone has had an amazing journey. She was spicy and she had attitude and she didn't care, she wanted her money in a paper bag and don't mess with me and I've been doing some research on that so. ↗

— Nia Long

#attitude #bag #been #care #doing

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. ↗

— Nia Long

#going #i #i think #just #lot

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. ↗

— Nia Long

#come #continue #eventually #experiences #get

I was happy she got it and I have to sort of - and one of the reasons I did Third Watch is because I wanted to break that thing of just being the pretty girl and play it down and let it be about the work. ↗

— Nia Long

#because #being #break #did #down

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. ↗

— Nia Long

#aspect #attention #business #camera #conscious

It took a long time to get that film made. I went in for it almost right after or like maybe six or seven months after I had my son and actually auditioned for the Regina King part and they just were like, 'No, you're just - you just don't really seem the part.' ↗

— Nia Long

#after #almost #auditioned #film #get

Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor's nose. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#door #joy #nose #repose #slam

The more the years go by, the more difficult it gets. I'm getting old. ↗

— Richard Virenque

#gets #getting #getting old #go #i

We haven't even gotten a start date but we'll see what happens with that and that will be fun. I've gotten a couple of other things but I'm not really committing myself to anything yet. ↗

— Nia Long

#committing #couple #date #even #fun

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. ↗

— Nia Long

#balanced #bit #business #crazy #else