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 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
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If you try to follow everyone else’s mold, you’ll probably fail at some point because God created us uniquely for a reason.
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We ignore our feelings a lot, I realize. Many of us have to… until they really bite us in the butt.
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Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self.
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I already enjoy cooking. I like different flavors and putting different things together and really like taking normal recipes to a higher level.
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I learned you really do have to make sure you enjoy life.
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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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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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I enjoy just being me. I don’t need to be Queen Latifah, the brand, 24 hours a day.
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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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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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instinct leads me to another flow.
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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 don’t want to be a supermodel; I want to be a role model.
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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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Beauty is not just a white girl. It’s so many different flavors and shades.
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