Quotes from Toks Olagundoye

I'm an avid shoe fan. I got my first pair of Louboutins as a birthday gift from Jami Gertz.

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

You're able to do more when you're not clouded with wasted anxiety.

Having a sweet, wide-eyed, awkward character is more charming and allows for more range. If you come from anger, you're going to reach a ceiling very quickly.

I was born and raised in Nigeria. We lived in England when I was 3 and 4, and I would go to summer school every year in Switzerland.

I pretty much only wear high heels.

I don't t drink coffee, but I'm a tea addict.

I don't believe in paying full price for clothing.

I'm appreciative that people appreciate the care I've taken of my feet.

Not to be purple, but I've never been a 'bad boy' kind of girl. I like manners.

I was a musical theatre geek in high school and college.

I've got nice feet. I do pay quite a lot of attention to them. I always have.

People tend to comment on my feet a lot. In daily life.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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. 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.

Accents are very easy for me. With me, it's clothing and makeup and hair and all that stuff that inform how the character moves and feels.

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.

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.