伊冯·阿努利·奥吉是尼日利亚裔美国女演员和喜剧演员。她最出名的是在电视连续剧《不安全感》中的角色,她因此获得了黄金时段艾美奖和三个全国有色人种协进会形象奖的提名。
Everyone has met or seen or interacted with a Nigerian in America because we leave Nigeria for here. We're your doctors. We're your lawyers. We're your child's best friend. All of the above.
每个人在美国都见过或见过尼日利亚人,或与之互动,因为我们离开尼日利亚来到这里。我们是你的医生。我们是你的律师。我们是你孩子最好的朋友。所有这些。
I'll probably always opt for makeup because I just like the way it feels. You can play with it and create different looks, and I think that's fun. But I also want the option to not need it.
我可能总是选择化妆,因为我喜欢它的感觉。你可以玩它,创造不同的外观,我认为这很有趣。但我也希望选择不需要它。
My actual desire is to be able to comfortably walk out of my house without any makeup on and feel as beautiful as I do when my makeup artist beats my face.
我的真正愿望是能够舒适地走出我的房子,不化妆,感觉像我的化妆师拍我的脸时一样美丽。
High school is really when I came into my own.
高中真的是我进入自己的时代。
New York is a walking city, so you'll be dressed to the nines, and you'll go out, and you feel more special and more pretty because more people acknowledge you.
纽约是一个步行的城市,所以你会穿得漂漂亮亮,你会走出去,你会觉得更特别,更漂亮,因为更多的人认可你。
I don't even know anyone who hasn't watched 'Sex and the City.' If you didn't, we can't be friends.
我甚至不认识没有看过《欲望都市》的人。如果你不看,我们就不能成为朋友。
I grew up Catholic, so I had a more traditional relationship with religion.
我是天主教徒,所以我和宗教有着更传统的关系。
I say all the time that when you first meet me, you know three things right off the bat: I'm Nigerian, I love to laugh, and I love Jesus.
我一直说,当你第一次见到我时,你马上就知道三件事:我是尼日利亚人,我爱笑,我爱耶稣。