"I am in Toronto, shooting a movie for NBC"
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The intent is less confession than calibration. Abdul is telling you she’s busy, hired, and in motion. Toronto, a well-known production hub that often doubles for American cities, adds another layer: she’s inside the machinery of entertainment, not merely visiting it. There’s also a faint defensive hum to the specificity. Celebrities often fight the insinuation that they’re “between things”; naming the network preemptively answers the unasked question: What are you doing now?
The subtext is career elasticity. A musician saying she’s “shooting a movie” hints at reinvention without announcing it. It’s modest on the surface, strategic underneath: an ordinary sentence that quietly asserts relevance, legitimacy, and forward momentum.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Abdul, Paula. (2026, January 15). I am in Toronto, shooting a movie for NBC. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-am-in-toronto-shooting-a-movie-for-nbc-153985/
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Abdul, Paula. "I am in Toronto, shooting a movie for NBC." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-am-in-toronto-shooting-a-movie-for-nbc-153985/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I am in Toronto, shooting a movie for NBC." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-am-in-toronto-shooting-a-movie-for-nbc-153985/. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.



