Life is so much bigger, grander, higher, and wider than we allow ourselves to think.
QUEEN LATIFAHI’m proud of everything I do, but I think I’m the most happy about becoming a rapper. It was my entrance into everything. That helped me get into acting.
More Queen Latifah Quotes
-
-
You have to stand for what you believe in and sometimes you have to stand alone.
QUEEN LATIFAH -
So often, you don’t get that opportunity. You only go over everything once and, the next thing you know, you’re on set.
QUEEN LATIFAH -
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.
QUEEN LATIFAH -
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.
QUEEN LATIFAH -
Living for today will bring about dying for today. You can’t just think, ‘I’m going to die anyway,’ because that’s what’s stopping us from moving forward.
QUEEN LATIFAH -
When you’re rapping, you do have to perform to a certain degree, but not every rapper is necessarily a gifted actor.
QUEEN LATIFAH -
I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences… I’m human, not perfect, like anybody else.
QUEEN LATIFAH -
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.
QUEEN LATIFAH -
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.
QUEEN LATIFAH -
I enjoy just being me. I don’t need to be Queen Latifah, the brand, 24 hours a day.
QUEEN LATIFAH -
As a teenager, I had big breasts for my age, and my friends cracked on me a lot.
QUEEN LATIFAH -
There are so many things I’d like to do. Like becoming a parent. To me that is the next natural progression in life.
QUEEN LATIFAH -
When I want to push myself and do intense workouts, I do that, but I’m not going to do it because anybody thinks I should look a certain way. It’s really more about how I feel and about being healthy.
QUEEN LATIFAH -
There is no profession more essential than that of an educator, and it’s time for all of us to embrace and celebrate their importance and contribution to America’s children.
QUEEN LATIFAH -
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.
QUEEN LATIFAH