When you’re rapping, you do have to perform to a certain degree, but not every rapper is necessarily a gifted actor.
QUEEN LATIFAHLet your inner queen’s voice come through loud and clear. Be strong, be authentic, be you, and you’ll do her proud.
More Queen Latifah Quotes
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You have to stand for what you believe in and sometimes you have to stand alone.
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I learned you really do have to make sure you enjoy life.
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For me, it might sound cliche, but beauty for me really does start on the inside. It’s like a state of mind, a state of love if you will. Then, whatever you can do on the outside is all like a bonus.
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I don’t want to be a supermodel; I want to be a role model.
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Life’s not about sitting at home in front of the TV waiting for your life to begin. Get out there and take some chances.
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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 didn’t know I had it in me. There’s more to all of us than we realize. Life is so much bigger, grander, higher, and wider than we allow ourselves to think. We’re capable of so much more than we allow ourselves to believe.
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I designed my whole image. That was all me. I just bought some regular clothes, threw a medallion around my neck, and that was it. The next thing I know, that’s the look.
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No one ever got ahead by going through the motions. You have to constantly be improving yourself. Make your life the masterpiece you want it to be.
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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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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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If my brother and I wanted money in our pockets, we had to get jobs – my first was at 15, at Burger King.
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I don’t have any regrets. If I could have talked to my 19- or 20-year-old self, I would have said, ‘You’re going to be fine. It ain’t that serious!’
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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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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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