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  • With 'The Chi,' it's me observing my own city and also pulling some things from themes I've dealt with in my life.
    - Lena Waithe
  • People always go, 'Damn, how you got all this happening at once?' I tell them it's the Chicago in me.
    - Lena Waithe
  • I wrote 'Twenties' back in 2009. I always wanted to tell a story where a queer black woman was the protagonist, and I'm so grateful to TBS for giving me a platform to tell this story.
    - Lena Waithe
  • I love a web series. But to me, it does the girl in Detroit a disservice who just watches television. It does a disservice to the girl on the south side of Chicago who doesn't go online.
    - Lena Waithe
  • Maybe some young girl seeing me on the Emmy stage may have meant something for them.
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  • I think, to me, I always want to tell the truth. I never want to sugarcoat things. I've never been accused of pulling punches.
    - Lena Waithe
  • It took me forever to leave Chicago. I went to Columbia College because I wasn't ready to leave! My professors had to kick me in the pants to move to Los Angeles.
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  • The thing for me is to always tell the truth. Not to preach, but to tell the truth.
    - Lena Waithe
  • I don't need an Emmy to tell me to go to work. I've been working.
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  • I feel like I've accomplished a lot, but for me, it's about pushing to the point where I can be Mark Walhberg, Ryan Murphy, or Shonda Rhimes. I want to be at that table in terms of bringing new voices in.
    - Lena Waithe
  • There's a lot of Donald Glovers, Jordan Peeles, Justin Simiens. And there's a lot of me's, too.
    - Lena Waithe