To step into acting was not that difficult a transition to make. What was difficult was the work and the practice that went into becoming good at it, because I hadn’t had any training.
QUEEN LATIFAHTo wanna be me is to go through not just the good but the bad. You wanna share my story identically? Man, you gonna take some lumps.
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I enjoy going to work and having a good time. It’s tough when you got to work with people who just are in a bad mood all the damn time.
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I decided early on that I was going to put on my crown and rule my world by acting right and treating myself like a queen.
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You can huff and puff. But blow me down? I doubt it kid, or you get your ass whupped.
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I designed my whole image. That was all me. I just bought some regular clothes, threw a medallion around my neck, and that was it. The next thing I know, that’s the look.
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I think it’s important to raise your kids, start ’em early. Teaching them the values and morals, so when they get out there on their own, you know they have it. They just have to remember to use it, but they have it.
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I’m as involved as I can be. Whenever I’m asked to do something, I always tend to show up.
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I feel like every woman is a queen, and we should be treated as such, and we should, you know, sort of request that sort of treatment from others.
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If I ran into a 19-year-old version of myself, I’d just tell her to live, full out. I might also tell her to go ahead and have a few babies and not worry about the timing of it.
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You have to allow your mind to create and then if you want to censor something and bring it down or point it in a different direction, then you can do it.
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I’m not allowed to get a big head, I’ve still got to do the simple things in life.
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I’m not living large; I just want to live comfortably. I wanna have financial stability that is unshakable.
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Always follow your own path.
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I don’t have any regrets. If I could have talked to my 19- or 20-year-old self, I would have said, ‘You’re going to be fine. It ain’t that serious!’
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Life’s not about sitting at home in front of the TV waiting for your life to begin. Get out there and take some chances.
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When you’re rapping, you do have to perform to a certain degree, but not every rapper is necessarily a gifted actor.
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