When I was younger, I really struggled with confidence.

- Jurnee Smollett

For me, seeing our history told in this light, the ones who did rebel, the ones who did revolt, the revolutionaries, excited me. Seeing this story of…

- Jurnee Smollett

Maybe you should think about the choices in your life, how someone can come and spit some kind of game to you and make you doubt every single thing t…

- Jurnee Smollett

There's a level of shame attached to our history, and we need to replace that shame with pride and own our history. These are our superheroes. These …

- Jurnee Smollett

Never let anyone silence your voice.

- Jurnee Smollett

When I was younger, I really struggled with confidence. You go through those awkward, dorky, geeky stages, and growing up in the industry amplifies a…

- Jurnee Smollett

As an artist, you want to stretch. That's the only way you're going to grow. If I stay inside my comfort zone, do roles that I've done before, then I…

- Jurnee Smollett

One of the most tragic things about slavery was the mental enslavement, the way they made us believe that we were worth nothing; and that's what she'…

- Jurnee Smollett

I read slave narratives, books like Bullwhip Days, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. [The Root's chairman] Henry Louis Gates has an amazing docu…

- Jurnee Smollett