All I wanted was to be an actor and have a happy family, and I did it. I still remember when I was doing shows in my parents’ living room, and everyone had to watch me. Adina Porter Read Quote
I thought, because of ‘The 100’ and ‘Apocalypse,’ that I knew everything about what life after an apocalypse would be – but Ryan Murphy and the writers of ‘American Horror Story’ have shown a whole other side of an apocalypse. Adina Porter Read Quote
I used to hate my behind, like every other black girl. I hated my behind. I hated my hair. I hated my nose because no one said it was beautiful. Adina Porter Read Quote
You can so easily be dismissed as a thug or hysterical if you’re a woman if you don’t keep your rage in check. Adina Porter Read Quote
When you trust, and you open your heart, and you think – well, maybe not heart – when you put down your guard and you let someone in and they betray you, that guard goes up really hard. Adina Porter Read Quote
I’m a working actor, and I’m really appreciative to be a working actor, but it’s another level when you’re a working actor with the likes of Sarah Paulson and Angela Bassett. Adina Porter Read Quote
I’m a working actor, and I want to stay a working actor, and I want everybody happy. Adina Porter Read Quote
Every once in a while, I’ll have an acting role that allows me to look at something in my life and work it out. Adina Porter Read Quote
I’m a bit of a wuss. I’ll even watch, like, a Tom Cruise ‘Jack Reacher’ movie where, I mean, there’s a lot of action, but the violence is no real violence, but I still hide my face because there might be violence. Adina Porter Read Quote
