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Don't compare your career to anyone else's. It's tough when you're in a business that's competitive. I was having a difficult time with that in college. Now, I'm having to learn to be patient and be where I am.

~Danielle Brooks

Topics: Am Anyone Be Patient Business Career College Compare Competitive Difficult Difficult Time Else Having Learn Now Patient Time Tough Where You Your I Am

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My biggest thing is telling a truthful story, something that is rooted in something and is very honest. If I read a script and you want me to take off my top, and it doesn't serve a purpose, then I'm not going to do it.

~Danielle Brooks

Topics: Biggest Biggest Thing Going Honest Me Off Purpose Read Rooted Script Serve Something Story Take Telling Then Thing Top Truthful Very Want You

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I think theater and church are so relatable because it's traditional call-and-response in the way that an audience interacts with the actors.

~Danielle Brooks

Topics: Actor Audience Because Church Theater Think Traditional Way I Think

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In Greenville, we were blessed to have lots of youth arts programs. I changed middle schools to go to an arts middle school. Then, when high school came, I went to normal high school for a little while before auditioning for the Governor's School for Arts and Humanities.

~Danielle Brooks

Topics: Arts Auditioning Before Blessed Came Changed Go Governor High High School Humanities Little Little While Lots Middle Middle School Normal Programs School Schools Then Were While Youth

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Personally, I don't want to live with limitations. If there comes a time where I am dying to play Juliet or Macbeth, I want to make those avenues for myself.

~Danielle Brooks

Topics: Am Avenues Dying Juliet Limitations Live Macbeth Make Myself Personally Play Those Time Want Where I Am

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I like to play people who are underdogs and misfits. People who are not on a straight and narrow path. That's exciting for me.

~Danielle Brooks

Topics: Exciting Like Me Misfits Narrow Path People Play Straight Who

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In South Carolina, there's a lot of arts programs. So I was blessed enough to go to the Governor School For Arts & Humanities.

~Danielle Brooks

Topics: Arts Blessed Carolina Enough Go Governor Humanities Lot Programs School South South Carolina

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My mother is a pastor. I think she has her moments where she's like, 'Dani, what are you getting into,' but at the end of the day, she really supports me as an actor.

~Danielle Brooks

Topics: Actor Day End End Of The Day Getting Her Like Me Moments Mother Pastor Really She Supports Think Where You I Think

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actress

Born: September 17th, 1989

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