If my brother and I wanted money in our pockets, we had to get jobs – my first was at 15, at Burger King.
QUEEN LATIFAHTo 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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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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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 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 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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New Jersey is a great place to live. And we have given some of the best talent to the world, from Jack Nicholson, John Travolta, to Jerry Lewis to Bon Jovi to Frank Sinatra.
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You do silly things for love sometimes and not-so-smart things for love.
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Always follow your own path.
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Don’t you want to know what’s real and what’s not? I remember when I was a kid, you know, this whole Cold War thing. They had us scared of the Russians. So, it’s almost like, what’s real and what’s not?
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I don’t want to be a supermodel; I want to be a role model.
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I feel anger and I feel understanding. It’s a difficult position to be in.
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Look at people for an example, but then make sure to do things your way. Surround yourself with positive people.
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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 have always felt strongly about empowering women. I’m living proof that, with confidence and by believing in yourself, you can accomplish any goal.
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I try to only commit myself to things that I think I can accomplish and commit myself to 100 percent. I try not to bite off more than I can chew.
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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.
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