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 LATIFAHI am a strong woman with or without this other person, with or without this job, and with or without these tight pants.
More Queen Latifah Quotes
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Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self.
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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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As a teenager, I had big breasts for my age, and my friends cracked on me a lot.
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Sometimes I pray when I really feel like I need God to help me with something, and sometimes we just have conversations. We just kick it.
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When I was around 18, I looked in the mirror and said, ‘You’re either going to love yourself or hate yourself.’ And I decided to love myself. That changed a lot of things.
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You do silly things for love sometimes and not-so-smart things for love.
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I promised my mom that if, after a year of putting 150 percent into my career it didn’t work out, I would go back to school. I never did go back.
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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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Beauty is not just a white girl. It’s so many different flavors and shades.
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It’s not always easy to do the right thing. But, doing the right thing makes you strong, it builds character.
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If there are kids who want to follow in my footsteps, I’d say that my shoes are too big for them to fill! But their shoe size is just perfect.
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Even if you don’t have anything, even if you’ve got a quarter in your pocket, to share with someone else who has nothing really helps.
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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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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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To 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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