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.
QUEEN LATIFAHAnyone who knows me knows that I’m way more of a joker than I am a serious person.
More Queen Latifah Quotes
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Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self.
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I often find it’s just the confidence that makes you sexy, not what your body looks like. It’s how you feel about yourself that makes you sexy.
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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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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 enjoy just being me. I don’t need to be Queen Latifah, the brand, 24 hours a day.
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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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Business is fun. Controlling your own destiny is fun. Creating an idea and turning it into a movie; finding an artist and guiding their career and bringing them to some type of status – there’s joy in that.
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Most people don’t have so much talent that they can become a success all their own. We all need people to help us and lift us up.
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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’m not allowed to get a big head, I’ve still got to do the simple things in life.
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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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I 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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There is nothing like a person with confidence, male or female, not conceitedness, but confidence. That inspires other people.
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You do silly things for love sometimes and not-so-smart things for love.
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There are so many things I’d like to do. Like becoming a parent. To me that is the next natural progression in life.
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