The 19+ Megalyn Echikunwoke Quotes

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I Tend To Play Characters That Arent Supposed To Black Or Written Black.

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.

As An Actor, You Are Always Looking For Something Fresh And Interesting And Not Ordinary.

I've Been To Strip Clubs Where The Dancers Have These Whole Routines That They Create Just For The Wow Factor And To Say, 'look How Strong And Physically Fit I Am.' Most Women Couldn't Do It, And It's Not Necessarily Sexual. It's Just A Performance.

One Thing I Am Really Dying To Do, While I'm Still Young And In Shape, Is An Action Movie. I Would Love To Do A Lara Croft Type Of Thing That's Really Physical And Tough. I Want To Have A Gun And Do Martial Arts. I Would Love To Get Paid To Get Into The Best Shape Of My Life.

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. For The Scene, There Was A Whole Dance Routine That I Had To Do, So I Worked With A Pole Dance Instructor Who Helped Me Choreograph A Number For That Scene. We Broke Down The Principles Of Pole Dancing, For Three Days, For An Hour A Day.