I tend to play characters that arent supposed to black or written black. Megalyn Echikunwoke More Quotes by Megalyn Echikunwoke More Quotes From Megalyn Echikunwoke Obviously, there's the seedy side of the strip club world and pole dancing. But, pole dancing, as an art form, is really beautiful. It's been hyper-sexualized because it's associated with strippers, but if you think about it, just in terms of other kinds of dancing, they're using an instrument to create these amazing dance forms. Megalyn Echikunwoke beautifulartthinking I definitely am drawn to strong females who are successful, smart women because I am a woman like that. I think it's important to portray those kinds of women on film and television. Especially as a black woman, I think it's important. Megalyn Echikunwoke smartstrongsuccessful Every actress hopes to play a wide range of characters because not often you dont. Megalyn Echikunwoke actressesplaycharacter Doing the voice for something [cartoon] requires an enormous amount of energy and you really have to use your whole body. It's cool. Megalyn Echikunwoke voicecartoonenergy I always like an environment where theres lots of women and everyones different. Megalyn Echikunwoke environmentdifferent After Ive enjoyed a floral bouquet to its fullest, I drop a few petals in a bottle with distilled water to create my own soothing toner. Megalyn Echikunwoke bouquetsbottleswater I wouldn't mind spending six months a year having a private jet take me around the world to visit natural and historical landmarks like the Egyptian pyramids, Mount Kilimanjaro or the Taj Mahal. Megalyn Echikunwoke egyptian-pyramidshistoricalyears I did do a little research. I went to a couple really fantastic strip clubs with really talented dancers, just in terms of their physical prowess. 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Megalyn Echikunwoke actorsordinaryinteresting It's almost sad that it's something that's just associated with stripping or because someone is slutty. That's really not it. It's actually a really great way to get a work-out and to build upper body strength and to have fan. Megalyn Echikunwoke work-outfansbody It was fun. I'd never done anything like that. I'd never done any bi-sexual or lesbian scenes before, but it was really fun. Megalyn Echikunwoke scenedonefun I think it's important to see that, as an audience member, because a lot of times you pass judgement on people, right off the bat, depending on whatever they're involved in or the people they surround themselves with, or something like that. Megalyn Echikunwoke judgementpeoplethinking I'd never gotten to do an accent for anything that I've done, so that was really appealing because I love doing accents. Ever since I was a kid, I made it my business to try to mimic foreign accents, so it was really fun to be able to do that. I was really working on the accent to try to make it really good. Megalyn Echikunwoke funtryingkids If someone said, "Here, you have your pick, you can do either a musical, Moulin Rouge type of movie, where you sing and dance, or an action movie, or a Shakespearian or Elizabethan movie," I would definitely love to do a movie that was based on a musical, where I would get to sing, dance and act, all at the same time. Megalyn Echikunwoke musicalactionsaid I don't think it's a bad thing to play a character that's not necessarily a super-woman. Even if the character is a little bit stereotypical, as long as the whole story is good and positive, or makes some sort of important statement, I think it's okay. But, on the whole, you can't just do that, especially as a black woman. It's more of a responsibility. You've gotta let the world see black women being successful, strong, smart, with power and who are self-possessed. Megalyn Echikunwoke smartstrongcharacter There aren't a lot of roles in period movies for black people. It sucks because I love that era. But, I love musicals. I love the show Glee, and I wouldn't mind being on that either. Megalyn Echikunwoke blackmindpeople One of my favorite places I've visited is Havana, Cuba. On my way home from Costa Rica, I did a week in Havana. The colors, the music, the beautiful men and the cars! I love vintage and antique cars and own a couple myself. Megalyn Echikunwoke myselfmusicbeautifullove I've seen shows on Showtime, and they're very provocative, if you will, but nothing to the point that's over-the-top or gratuitous. Megalyn Echikunwoke pointnothingwillyou
