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My mom helped me. I was very shy growing up, but my shyness sort of manifested in a big personality.

Tracee Ellis Ross

I’m extremely blessed to have the extraordinary mother that I have, and I don’t mean Diana Ross, I mean the mother. My mom paved a road that didn’t exist, as did Oprah.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

Blessing Empowerment Existence Mom Woman
After college, I shot a pilot for a show on Lifetime, which was basically House of Style for a TV lover. I think I got paid $1,500, and I was like, “Mom, I’m moving out! I made it!” I did two seasons of that, but I felt like a talking head and wanted to do more.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

College Lover Myself Paid Season Thinking
I sometimes think to myself, you’re not going to meet a new friend of any kind at home in front of the TV with your DVR. As much as it’s great, and there are so many good shows on TV, and I have great books that I’m reading, get out and interact with people.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

Home Interact Kind Myself Reading Thinking
I buy what makes my heart sing. So, it’s not that I follow one specific track. It’s sort of what I like. I love colors. I love unique pieces. I love vintage clothing.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

Follow Heart Myself Pieces Sing Specific Track
The clothing, the makeup, the freedom of expression in [the models’] bodies. It was Linda and Christy and Naomi at the time. So I modeled before college.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

Clothing Expression Make Up Modeling Myself
And it acting was exciting to me. And scary.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

Act Excitement Myself Scare
I hope they look at me and think, ‘That lady looks like she accepts herself’.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

Acceptance Hope Myself Thinking
This woman [Bow] was not simply a reflection of who her husband was. She was her own whole self. And even if we weren’t exploring life through her eyes, when we did see her it was clear that she had a full life.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

Explore Herself Husband Life Reflection Simplicity Woman
My mom would leave her job, and there would be throngs of people screaming and banging on our car. I come from a very private family, but I was born into a public family.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

Born Family Leave Myself People Scream
I was spoiled when I worked in the magazine world. Fashion closets are heaven and I seem to model my organization after a fashion closet.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

Magazine Modeling Myself Organization Spoil Work
My generation is one of the first generations of “choiceful” women – women who have actually had the choice of how they architect their lives – and I don’t think shame should have any place in that. But as that generation, you get cuts and bruises.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

Bruise Generation Hurt Live Myself Place Shame Thinking Woman
Just embrace your hair! I really feel like I am not an advocate for people doing what I do. I’m an advocate for people discovering and finding what works for them.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

Embrace Finding Hairs People Work
One of the photographers was like, “Can you stop talking and try to look sexy for a minute?”
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

Appearance Oneself Stop Talk Time
This is a couple that actually loves, respects & appreciates each other.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

Appreciate Couple Each Other Love
I think television is doing a better job than films in terms of representing people, but television is still not diverse.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

Better Diversity Myself Representation Television Thinking
When you feel happy, you look beautiful.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

Happiness Yourself

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