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"We haven't even gotten a start date but we'll see what happens with that and that will be fun. I've gotten a couple of other things but I'm not really committing myself to anything yet"

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Hollywood loves nothing more than a promise that refuses to become a promise. Nia Long’s line is a masterclass in the modern celebrity non-commitment: upbeat enough to feed the fan machine, guarded enough to keep leverage intact. “We haven’t even gotten a start date” isn’t just scheduling trivia; it’s code for a project that may exist more as conversation than contract. In an industry where announcements are often soft launches for financing, press, or negotiating power, a missing start date is the loudest detail in the sentence.

The repeated hedges - “we’ll see what happens,” “that will be fun,” “not really committing myself” - do double duty. Publicly, they project ease and optimism, the persona of someone unbothered by uncertainty. Privately, they signal boundaries. Long is refusing to be pinned to a narrative she doesn’t control, especially in a media ecosystem that treats casting rumors and franchise talk like obligations. Even “fun” works like a shield: it keeps the tone light so she can sidestep specifics without seeming evasive.

There’s also a quiet assertion of agency here. “I’ve gotten a couple of other things” slips in as a reminder that she has options, that her calendar isn’t waiting for a single phone call. The subtext is savvy: if the deal firms up, she’s interested; if it doesn’t, she never overpromised. It’s not indecision - it’s professional self-protection dressed as casual charm.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Long, Nia. (2026, January 16). We haven't even gotten a start date but we'll see what happens with that and that will be fun. I've gotten a couple of other things but I'm not really committing myself to anything yet. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/we-havent-even-gotten-a-start-date-but-well-see-93937/

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Long, Nia. "We haven't even gotten a start date but we'll see what happens with that and that will be fun. I've gotten a couple of other things but I'm not really committing myself to anything yet." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/we-havent-even-gotten-a-start-date-but-well-see-93937/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"We haven't even gotten a start date but we'll see what happens with that and that will be fun. I've gotten a couple of other things but I'm not really committing myself to anything yet." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/we-havent-even-gotten-a-start-date-but-well-see-93937/. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.

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Nia Long (born October 30, 1970) is a Actress from USA.

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