Be true. Be beautiful. Be free. In the midst of segregation and racism Mamma raised us to be independent and free. We saw ourselves as citizens of th…

- Debbie Allen

Fame is fleeting, honey. Fame is fleeting and it changes.

- Debbie Allen

I use something that is a real staple in the directing world. It's called a dance floor. You lay it down so that it's so smooth you can roll around, …

- Debbie Allen

But out of limitations comes creativity.

- Debbie Allen

If you just change one person's life, you feel like you've done something. But if you can change a whole lot of them and get them looking at themselv…

- Debbie Allen

I'm always moving forward.

- Debbie Allen

Time management is a big part of the director's job.

- Debbie Allen

In places in the world where we don't speak the same language, or even understand that we pray to the same God, we dance to the same beat, that is th…

- Debbie Allen

My mother Vivian Ayers always instilled within her children that our opinions, our thoughts and our ideas about what was possible was important. My m…

- Debbie Allen