Occupation: Actress Birth: August 11, 1965
I don’t want anyone putting any limits on me..
I would love to be remembered as a person who used her life to inspire others in any way, shape or form..
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..
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….
I just look at women sometimes and I just want to ask them, "Do you know how fabulous you are?".
When you see what the deficit is, then you have to do something about it..
Anything can be achieved with a good, healthy dose of courage..
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….
When your passion and drive are bigger than your fears, you just dive..
Relationships change us and make us grow..
Every artist, true artist, struggles with an overwhelming sense of feeling like you're not worthy..
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..
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..
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..
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 ….
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….
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….
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….
Creativity only resonates if you infuse real life into the work..
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….