Yvonne Orji Quotes

"As a performer, the thing you want the most is to be your authentic self."

"I believe in being diligent but also cut yourself some slack. It's okay in the grand scheme of life."

"Sometimes you have to experience things for yourself to learn the lessons that you need to learn."

"My faith has really been the biggest asset of my career. It has grounded me and let me focus on what's important."

"Comedy's the ultimate pill that helps the really hard truths and hard facts go down, right?"

"What you see on TV is what you believe you can be."

"There's not one black narrative. There's not one way to be black."

"My father just instilled in me that either you're going to be No. 1 or nothing at all."

"I have a saying: Nigerians don't fit in second place. Everything we do we go hard."

"Getting into comedy was difficult for my parents to comprehend. I think now they are really proud I stuck to it."

"I came to America when I was six. In true African form, my parents wanted me to be a doctor or lawyer or engineer."

"I want to do more good work. That's very much my parents' influence in me."

"I would never do something I'm uncomfortable with."

"People are surprised I do comedy! And I'm like, 'Guys, that's all I have been doing. For, like, forever.'"

"Every time you're on stage, you're acting."

"I want to own a comedy club."

"You can't tell me no, because you can't tell Jesus no. It doesn't work."

"Before 'Insecure,' I was a wedding emcee - a host for weddings. That's a world that a lot of people are not familiar with."

"I grew up with three older brothers, so I'm very much a tomboy in real life."

"Auto-pay is not for convenience; it's for the gainfully employed."