Yvonne Orji Professions : Actress Browse All Authors Top 26 quotes by Yvonne Orji You turn 'Insecure' on, and you see a sea of brown. You see at the core of it a strong friendship between two brown-skinned girls. Yvonne Orji you strong sea friendship A lot of people have done things in the name of Christianity and religion and faith in a not-so-nice way. Yvonne Orji name faith people religion A lot of people hustle differently, and I was like, 'You know what, let me hustle and create, and let me have something to show,' cuz my hustle led to opportunity. Yvonne Orji me you opportunity people I love a dark brown blush, like brown on brown. Yvonne Orji blush like dark love To not have the wherewithal to give fully to a relationship bothered me. Yvonne Orji give me bothered relationship I have a saying: Nigerians don't fit in second place. Everything we do we go hard. Yvonne Orji saying everything place go I can only see what's in front of me, but God can see what's behind, what's ahead of me, what's beside me, and it just makes it so much easier to release control, cuz at the end of the day, if He brought me to it, He's gonna have to bring me through it. Yvonne Orji end-of-the-day day me god I don't look at God as some boring dude in the sky that tells me what to do all day. I legitimately be like, 'Yo, you know what, G, that's crazy how that happened. That's dope. You know, you the real MVP.' Yvonne Orji day me god sky Over the years, my relationship with God has changed my life for the better - it's grown me up, given me a sense of purpose, and grounded me in my identity. Yvonne Orji me god relationship life Sometimes you have to experience things for yourself to learn the lessons that you need to learn. Yvonne Orji yourself you experience sometimes I would never do something I'm uncomfortable with. Yvonne Orji would something never uncomfortable Auto-pay is not for convenience; it's for the gainfully employed. Yvonne Orji employed convenience There's random people calling my phone: 'Your mother gave me your number.' My mother has tried to set me up so many times long-distance. Yvonne Orji random me mother people I want to do more good work. That's very much my parents' influence in me. Yvonne Orji parents good me work There are different types of experiences, and all of them are valid, and all of them deserve to be portrayed in a real way. Yvonne Orji different real deserve way For me, staying ready has always been, like, the preparations: do the behind-the-scenes or do what you think that's not sexy that nobody will see, but when they do see it, it's like, 'Oh, snap... what she's doing on her own, we'll add to that, and it'll blow up.' Yvonne Orji nobody me you sexy I'm grounded in who I am. Yvonne Orji am i-am who grounded I was bullied because I have this thick Nigerian accent. Yvonne Orji nigerian accent because thick We didn't grow up with TV as a viable means of supporting yourself. Yvonne Orji grow-up grow yourself up I remember talking to old-school African American grandpops, and they're just like, 'When I saw my wife, I looked up from across the street, and I said, 'That girl gon' be my wife someday.' And we've been married 45 years.' Like, what? That's all it took? Yvonne Orji street wife girl remember Similar Authors Beatrice Lillie actress Adepero Oduye actress Adrienne Barbeau actress Bindu actress Alexandra Breckenridge actress Bojana Novakovic actress All Authors
