Why am I beating my hair up? Because I want it to look like something that it isn’t? These are questions that I’ve been pondering my whole life.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSWhy am I beating my hair up? Because I want it to look like something that it isn’t? These are questions that I’ve been pondering my whole life.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSI sometimes think to myself, you’re not going to meet a new friend of any kind at home in front of the TV with your DVR. As much as it’s great, and there are so many good shows on TV, and I have great books that I’m reading, get out and interact with people.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSAnd it acting was exciting to me. And scary.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSI have to take some time to dream some new dreams. I feel like there’s a treasure hunt in front of me. A treasure hunt that is speckled with and seeded by a deep-rooted wild freedom.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSSometimes I feel like art is supposed to mirror life, but strangely it’s as if art is trying to catch up to life, to a certain extent?
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSWisdom means to choose now what will make sense later.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSI was spoiled when I worked in the magazine world. Fashion closets are heaven and I seem to model my organization after a fashion closet.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSWhen you feel happy, you look beautiful.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS[Black-ish creator] Kenya Bariss wrote on Girlfriends. We’ve been friendly since then. He sent me [the pilot] and said, “I wrote it for you.” But I know what that means in this industry.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSWe all, as women, need to continue to change our gaze from how we are seen to how we are seeing.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSSomehow [Kenya Bariss] has figured out how to explore these very weighty, sticky, sharp topics, and still be funny and not make fun of the topic.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSSomeone asked me recently, “Do you get sick of people asking you about your hair?” And the reason I don’t is because I actually feel like you could chronicle my journey of self-acceptance through my journey with my hair. It’s a badge of something bigger.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSJust embrace your hair! I really feel like I am not an advocate for people doing what I do. I’m an advocate for people discovering and finding what works for them.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSIt would drive the photographers crazy because I would giggle and tell jokes. I was gregarious, and looking back, I realize I had a captive audience.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSMy mom didn’t adhere to any of those typical rules. She woke us up for school every morning, and was there at dinner or would call at bedtime. She never left for longer than a week. She recorded while we were sleeping.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSSelf-care of all kinds is a huge part of my life. I really encourage other women and other people to really put self-care – and that includes the beauty regime, how you eat, all of that – into your body.
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