Occupation: Actress Birth: August 11, 1965
When you see what the deficit is, then you have to do something about it..
There's not one woman in America who does not care about her hair, but we give it way too much value. We deprive ourselves of things, we use it to de….
Do not live someone else's life and someone else's idea of what womanhood is. Womanhood is you. Womanhood is everything that's inside of you..
I don't have any time to stay up all night worrying about what someone who doesn't love me has to say about me..
All you really need to do is shift people just a tiny bit for change to happen. It doesn't have to be huge and humongous..
I just look at women sometimes and I just want to ask them, "Do you know how fabulous you are?".
But the biggest beauty advice I've given my daughter is every morning I say, "Genesis, what are the two best parts of you?" And she says "my brain an….
They say the two most important days in a person's life were the day you were born and the day you discover why you were born..
Relationships change us and make us grow..
You have two stark choices when you find yourself in a really desperate situation. You can either fold and cave-in to it or you can become really pas….
At the end of the day, nobody can tell you how to tackle failure or how to handle change. The world is very good at encouraging you to go along with ….
When your passion and drive are bigger than your fears, you just dive..
When you pray, God puts people in your life to lead you when you cannot lead yourself..
You can't be hesitant about who you are..
I was like, 'What is this?' Until I found out it was stress related. That's how I internalized it. I don't do that anymore. My favorite saying in the….
Anything can be achieved with a good, healthy dose of courage..
I’m a black woman who is from Central Falls, Rhode Island. I’m dark skinned. I’m quirky. I’m shy. I’m strong. I’m guarded. I’m weak at times. I’m sen….
As an artist, you've got to see the mess. That's what we do. We get a human being, and it's like putting together a puzzle. And the puzzle has got to….
Let me tell you something: The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are si….
Creativity only resonates if you infuse real life into the work..
Every artist, true artist, struggles with an overwhelming sense of feeling like you're not worthy..