If my brother and I wanted money in our pockets, we had to get jobs – my first was at 15, at Burger King.
QUEEN LATIFAHLife’s not about sitting at home in front of the TV waiting for your life to begin. Get out there and take some chances.
More Queen Latifah Quotes
-
-
Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self.
QUEEN LATIFAH -
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.
QUEEN LATIFAH -
You can huff and puff. But blow me down? I doubt it kid, or you get your ass whupped.
QUEEN LATIFAH -
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 LATIFAH -
I learned you really do have to make sure you enjoy life.
QUEEN LATIFAH -
Every woman is a queen, and we all have different things to offer.
QUEEN LATIFAH -
Always follow your own path.
QUEEN LATIFAH -
I’m not living large; I just want to live comfortably. I wanna have financial stability that is unshakable.
QUEEN LATIFAH -
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!’
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 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 don’t want to be a supermodel; I want to be a role model.
QUEEN LATIFAH -
I’ve never wanted to be put into a box, not musically.
QUEEN LATIFAH -
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.
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