- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know what gives me more pleasure: watching my story unfold or going in and watching a room full of black people talking for me and writing words for black people.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
My partner, Danny Strong, came to me with this idea of telling a story about my life and merging that with music and the hip-hop world. He wrote 'The Butler' and originally wanted to do 'Empire' also as a movie.
- Nov 07, 2020
I've met Shonda Rhimes a few times, and certainly she's an inspiration for me in television.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's the gift 'Precious' has given me. You really think you're telling a story about a fat black girl, and only fat black girls will understand it, and then you realize we're all Precious.
- Truth
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to live in my truth. Tell me you don't like me, and I know it. But when you don't tell me, and you work behind my back, it's a lie, and I don't know how to fight that.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a half-brother who is very, very, very gay, many cousins, best friends who are all members of the LGBT community, and for me to not say anything would be hypocritical. There is a lot of prejudice. People think it is abnormal. No, it's just another normal.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm interested in just about anything that's right for my voice, and that's a good fit for my personality in the part as well. 'Evita' has always been a dream part for me, but it's really, really high to sing. I'd love to do Elphaba - heck, I'd even do Glinda. For me, I'd do anything to get into 'Wicked!'
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an actor, it's up to you to show that you can do something else. For me, the interesting actors don't always go where you expect to find them.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would love to take more risks - have pink hair - but it doesn't look right on me.
- Drive
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like modernity. I don't have television or the Internet at home. The Internet scares me. I can't drive a car.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
This is why I became an actress. So that people will take care of me. To be an actress is a refuge. You are taken everywhere, stay in wonderful hotels, everyone looks after you.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I see that people now recognize me in the street. But it doesn't change me in the depth of my being.
- Interesting
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- Nov 07, 2020