Aja Naomi King 17 Topping Quotes

Aja Naomi King 17 Topping Quotese

TV is such a great medium in what it can do in terms of enlightening an audience. We can really inspire and teach people about other people. That's a powerful tool, and that's something that the arts has always been capable of doing.

— Aja Naomi King

I thought I was going to be on Broadway. I thought, 'I'm going to do theater.'

— Aja Naomi King

Strength doesn't mean an absence of pain.

— Aja Naomi King

I have a girl crush on Olivia Munn so much, especially on 'Newsroom.' And Cara Delevingne, but who doesn't love her face? Viola Davis is my acting crush.

— Aja Naomi King

It's such a big deal, the notion that these enslaved Africans had marriages and children... because therein lies our humanity, our capacity for love.

— Aja Naomi King

As artists, we thrive when we can express our comfort and our discomfort. If a certain scene is really challenging for us, if we're in an environment where we feel safe, we're able to do our work.

— Aja Naomi King

The problem of sexism is getting better, but I don't know if it's getting better fast enough. We see more roles for women that don't entirely revolve around the way in which they function in a man's life, but typically those women are almost always white, and even then, there are only a few of them.

— Aja Naomi King

I do everything on my phone!

— Aja Naomi King

Sometimes people just need to feel heard, and being an actor has taught me to really listen.

— Aja Naomi King

If all we remember are good things, then happiness is our baseline, and there's no longer happiness. We need other feelings in order to appreciate others.

— Aja Naomi King

I majored in theater, so I'd love to get back on a stage.

— Aja Naomi King

I love the powerful woman who's complicated. There's no push to be one thing or another thing. It's all human. That's what you look for as an actor: characters written and portrayed in the most human way possible.

— Aja Naomi King

I think it's well-known that I love all things ABC and Shonda Rhimes - I'm a huge 'Scandal' and 'Grey's Anatomy' fan.

— Aja Naomi King

We all have our family issues from time to time.

— Aja Naomi King

It was a given at UCSB that if there was a role that called for a person of color, it was going to be handed to me. There were certain times when maybe I didn't try as hard. Going to Yale was a way more diverse experience.

— Aja Naomi King

A man can get my attention by smiling at me and then coming over and talking to me. The best way to get a girl's attention is to start a conversation.

— Aja Naomi King

Create something for yourself that you feel proud of, that you are in control of, that gives you a better understanding of the type of artist you want to be.

— Aja Naomi King

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