A Quote by KiKi Layne
My mom put me into a performing arts elementary school back in Cincinnati, so I started studying acting in school when I was seven.
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When I grew up in Cincinnati in 1974, the Board of Education set up the performing school, similar to the New York performing arts school, and it was in walking distance from my school.
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