“I love my job so much and I'm so happy and lucky to be here, but I do ...” — Naomi Ackie Quote

I love my job so much and I'm so happy and lucky to be here, but I do know that it's as important for me to forge a rich life aside from that.

I was really into collaborating, devising shows, and wanted to make my own theater company and just be on the road.

I want to have the option of stepping outside of acting when I need to and do something else for a while.

There are people who will look for the holes in whatever you create and whatever you say to justify the hate of you, and that's fine.

There's this idea that inclusivity and seeking diversity is this agenda. And the truth is, it is. It's an agenda, but it's about addition rather than erasure. And people who have a problem with that, I really don't have time or space for them.

I always have the best story at the party. Anyone telling a story at a party is like, 'No, no, you've got to listen to my story!' I'm like, 'Step aside, everybody. I'm going to blow the doors off this place.'

I think the Olympics are a time for the world to come together and put aside differences, but we're also coming to represent ourselves, our communities, and our countries, so I think it's important to stand up and be a voice.

When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.

My first job now is as a mother, everything else is secondary. My kids understand that I am an actress, and they are always so surprised to hear my voice on a cartoon character, or see my face on a video box. If it ever gets to be too much though, the career and the kids, I will simply set the career aside.