Quotes about "Retirement & Later Life"

You can't be perceived as 'the black actress who doesn't get the same kind of roles as the white actress.' You gotta run the same race. You gotta give the same quality of performances. You gotta have the same standard of excellence, even though people know that you're coming to the race in a deficit. That's just what life is about. ”

In life, you know, they do this in focus groups; if you were in such and such circumstance, what would you do? Well, you never know what you're going do unless you're faced with it. ”

It became motivation as opposed to something else - the thing about poverty is that it starts affecting your mind and your spirit because people don't see you. I chose from a very young age that I didn't want that for my life. And it very much has helped me appreciate and value the things that are in my life now because I never had it. ”

I cannot believe my life. I just can't. I'm so blessed. ”

My grandmom worked as a maid for most of her life, and she worked in the tobacco and the cotton fields, whatever she could get. ”

Turning 50 is making me reflect on my life in a way that's more compassionate and forgiving. ”

When you see a parent pass, and you literally are there, and you're sitting at that deathbed, man, and you have to tell them to go, it defines life for what it really is. ”

I live a fantastic life. Why should I complain about awards? ”

I don't care if someone is new to acting or experienced in acting: you always learn something from them. It's just like people in life - whether they're young or middle-aged or old, you always learn something from someone. ”

What do you want? What do you want your life to be? What do you want your testimony to be? Go for it! ”