Latest Toks Olagundoye Quotes from Interviews

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• Be sure of what you want work hard, be ready to pick yourself up, do not take rejection personally, be as prepared as you can, always be learning, and eliminate negative people from your life regardless of who they are.

  Toks Olagundoye

  Hard Work, People, Rejection

  Source: aalbc.com

• I am Constantly afraid, but it's a big driving force in my life. I'm more likely to try and tackle a fear than let it control me.

  Toks Olagundoye

  Trying, Driving

  Source: aalbc.com

• There is so much wonderful stuff and so many amazing people in this world.

  Toks Olagundoye

  People, World, Wonderful

  Source: aalbc.com

• My name is very specific to my family. I'm very proud of being Nigerian. I understand that most people can't pronounce it, but that's OK.

  Toks Olagundoye

  Names, People, Proud

  Source: www.slate.com

• Comedy has always been something I love, but for some reason - probably because of the British accent - I've always been pushed toward more period work.

  Toks Olagundoye

  Comedy, Reason, Accents

  Source: www.slate.com

• When I'm in heels - and I live in heels - I take on a different posture, a different attitude, different energy.

  Toks Olagundoye

  Attitude, Energy, Different

  Source: www.slate.com

• With me, it's clothing and makeup and hair and all that stuff that inform how the character moves and feels.

  Toks Olagundoye

  Moving, Character, Makeup

  Source: www.slate.com

• Accents are very easy for me.

  Toks Olagundoye

  Easy, Accents

  Source: www.slate.com

• When I'm just walking around, I swap between the British and the American, and when I'm with my family I'm with my Nigerian accent.

  Toks Olagundoye

  My Family, Accents, British

  Source: www.slate.com

• I think I have a very strange, hybrid accent, and I've worked very hard to get a solid American accent, which is what I use most of the time.

  Toks Olagundoye

  Thinking, Use, Strange

  Source: www.slate.com

• My accent has changed my whole life. When I was younger it was very Nigerian, then when we went to England it was very British.

  Toks Olagundoye

  England, Accents, British

  Source: www.slate.com

• I've several times had jobs that I thought were going to be my big break, and it didn't pan out.

  Toks Olagundoye

  Jobs, Break, Bigs

  Source: www.slate.com

• I get to be goofy and quirky and sweet at the same time.

  Toks Olagundoye

  Sweet, Quirky, Goofy

  Source: www.slate.com

• What's normal to you is normal to you.

  Toks Olagundoye

  Normal

  Source: www.slate.com

• All my friends are funny, witty, fun-loving people. As are my parents, and the people I work with. I get at least a couple of good laughs in every day.

  Toks Olagundoye

  Witty, Couple, Fun

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

• Be sure of what you want, focus, work hard, be ready to pick yourself up, do not take rejection personally, be as prepared as you can, always be learning, and eliminate negative people from your life regardless of who they are.

  Toks Olagundoye

  Hard Work, People, Focus

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

• I just have fun doing what I do. If it looks like a good time, I'm up for it!

  Toks Olagundoye

  Fun, Looks, Good Times

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

• I'm more likely to try and tackle a fear than let it control me.

  Toks Olagundoye

  Trying

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

• I identify myself as a Nigerian because that is where I was born and raised and where my family still lives.

  Toks Olagundoye

  My Family, Born, Raised

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

• Other people do better going on to grad school and others yet are naturally inclined and do just fine without any formal training at all. Everyone is different. The only things I think are imperative are focus, determination and hard work.

  Toks Olagundoye

  Determination, Hard Work, School

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

• We are all different and that's okay.

  Toks Olagundoye

  Different, Okay

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

• The only way to come to a full acceptance and understanding of yourself is to embrace your own culture, quirks and differences while learning about those around you and exploring, incorporating and embracing their cultures, differences, quirks, etcetera.

  Toks Olagundoye

  Acceptance, Differences, Understanding

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

• Basically, we are all different and we all have something to learn and it doesn't mean people need to change who you are but one should be open to new things and, above all, tolerance and understanding are essential for growth and happiness.

  Toks Olagundoye

  Mean, People, Understanding

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

• I love being an actor and a job is a job, and I'm always happy to have a job.

  Toks Olagundoye

  Jobs, Love Is, Actors

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com