• You look up to your parents and you want them to accept you, and you don't want them to look at you in a negative light. So you do things to make them proud and accept you.

    Adepero Oduye: You look up to your parents and you want them to accept you, and you don't want them to look at you in a negative light. So you do things to make them proud and accept you.
    "The Power List: Adepero Oduye Primed For Hollywood Greatness" by Brennan Williams, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 9, 2012.