Ruby Dee

I remember street corners and pickets and parades. That's what I got teethed on.

I do remember the numbers runners, I do remember the poverty and bread lines. Harlem stays with you forever.

I really don't believe in retiring as long as you can breathe.

You can't be all you are meant to be if you think you are better than others, and you can't be all you are meant to be if you think you are less than others, either.

I think I have something unique that I'd like to share.

I'm an actor who appreciates direction.

My stepmother wanted to be an actress.

The greatest gift is not being afraid to question.

God, make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear.

I'm proud of doing 'Long Day's Journey into Night,' for which I won an ACE award.

Gangsters lived in the neighborhood. They weren't apart from it. Their relationships with people were both benevolent and scary.

Marriage is more complex than we think.