Aeriel Miranda Quotes

I was born and raised in Dallas, Texas and seasonally lived in New Orleans and Boston. Given that this was all at a tender age, I imagine I was very impressionable. I was a kid that was always moving, city to city, school to school. I adapted easily wherever I was, I knew how to blend.

You're living in a matrix that's driven by social media. It's become glorified. You're suppose to be what you portray on social media, thats the perception.

I have a unique ability to mock everything. I'm a sponge by nature, thats what my environment made me.

Actors don't act, we're just being in a different circumstance and scenario.

I'm just vibrant. I try to bring that to everything I do.

Most people have no idea what Cabo Verde is or even where it is to mention, so I definitely want to make people aware of this beautiful culture.

The telling of a good story, especially one that is real and true, is always exciting.

My hero among heroes is my grandmother, she's the epitome of strength and I try to mock that strength all the time. She's a beast.

I was drawn into acting due to the fact that I could express myself better. I could use my voice - my entire body - not just my looks, height, and physical expressions.

I acknowledge that we are all human and are on a journey. We are not born perfect, mistakes are inevitable.

I always say that you are who you are and you can't hide it.

My ability to adapt has always stood out. I've been immersed in many worlds and have had the influence of many things in my upbringing so I'm familiar with so many styles of living, so many characters, so many life paths and its just easy to simulate for me.

I know when to go and when to stop. I'm the red, the yellow, and the green light. That's me in a nutshell.

My friends are me and in essence better than me, they help me be better even when they don't know it ...

I come from a huge family and out of all 34 of my immediate family members, my heavier influences were women. Between my grandmothers, aunts, older female cousins, and of course my mother, I was pretty much predominantly raised by women, as they make up most of my family anyway.

I love to love. However, you won't see anybody walking the red carpet with me until I'm married.

People want everything quick and now. We live in the age of social media and hyper digital. Tweets are published in less than a second, Safari pages load in less than three seconds.

My sister is 4 years older than me and I've always looked up to her, she was the girl I always wanted to be.

My family has always had Cape Verdean pride but I don't think it was something the kids in the family necessarily understood. However, I was very conscious of the fact that both sides of my family were drastically different and my aunts, cousins, and uncles varied in different shades of brown.

I'm reminded everyday that I was born to do great things, I believe that and when it's my time I shall.

My friends are a crayola box. They highlight different colors of my being, representing different aspects of my personalty, I've noticed.

I'm becoming more and more of a social media participant, so of course I can always be found everywhere from Twitter to Insta to Facebook.

I think I unknowingly seek people who are better than me in the sense of strength and wisdom. It's like I've got to know and trust that you have the answers and that you can carry me if needed.

For me, as an actor, going from TV to film was interesting because TV and film are two very different things.

I think it's a beautiful thing how Hip Hop is received by the world.

You're sort of forced to include this aspect of culture into your life whether it be for social reasons or business purposes.

All of my close friends have been in my life for years. My best friends are all people I met in grade school, going back as far as 3rd grade.

I think friends are an extension of you and I always say, check out a persons five immediate friends and you'll know everything about them.

If you're not broadcasting what people feel is their truth as it relates to you, well that becomes a problem. If your not broadcasting how much you love your boyfriend or husband via social media, problems occur in the home and I really think this is happening more than we acknowledge.

As for super-stardom, I can say that I'm ready for anything. I feel like I've mastered so many stages in my life and the cool thing is, I don't see that energy changing anything.

There's very few shows that truly reflect specific ethnic experiences, and when they come and come right, they're a hit.

The difference lies in the intention behind wanting money. Your reasons for why you want to create more money is typically why you're ambitious to get it. You're either genuinely ambitious or selfishly hungry.

I refuse to accept the idea that money is evil. People make things evil and negative. Some people love what money can do and therefore would do anything to get it, they love the power, they chase it, while others understand what money can do, therefore they do what's in their hearts, they understand the influence and attract it.

I feel blessed to have had the accumulation of life experiences that I've had, life experience just adds to the depths of a persons richness, as with acting!

You just have to be careful because social media can begin to affect personal things such as relationships, just to pin point. People have become so entitled as it relates to social media.

People automatically assume and expect that every moment and every bit of personal data should be broadcasted on social media, especially as it relates to them - and thats just not cuttin' it for me. If you can make it through the age of social media and come out with the same friends and lover, kudos!

I think it's really important to teach our children about their lineage and it especially makes a difference if you share that information while they're young.

I've always been an actress, entertaining my family was the start. I'm a goof ball among many of my cousins and siblings.

I actually prefer film to TV, but I don't know why. I think there's just a different energy.

Life would continue to exist and grow. Cause and effect still exist even where there is no time.

Even if it's something so simple as filling myself up with uplifting meditation so it's easier to spread kindness and love by the time I walk out my door and enter the world. I get a kick out of making a strangers day.

Your life and everything about your world should be represented on your social media accounts, and everybody feels that way from family to friends to boyfriends and girlfriends.

I acknowledge my beauty and my flaws, I do my best to keep it one hundred with the woman in the mirror so making friends is actually easy.

It feels good to watch TV and know that you're being represented on somebody's network and for certain communities, it feels even better to know that you're being depicted truthfully.