I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was female.
QUEEN LATIFAHI write pretty often. I have a home studio. Music is what I do for fun. I never get tired of it, so to take a break from [TV and movies], I would go make some music.
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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 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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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’m not allowed to get a big head, I’ve still got to do the simple things in life.
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So often, you don’t get that opportunity. You only go over everything once and, the next thing you know, you’re on set.
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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 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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To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things. My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year’s Eve in San Francisco.
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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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Let your inner queen’s voice come through loud and clear. Be strong, be authentic, be you, and you’ll do her proud.
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Dreams become reality when we put our minds to it.
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You just have to connect with people who believe in your vision and who will work with you and advance your cause.
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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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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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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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