I 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 ROSSThroughout high school, I was obsessed with magazines. I used to just comb through them and plaster things on my wall.
More Tracee Ellis Ross Quotes
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I like to choose compassion over judgment and curiosity over fear.
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There is a way to be a woman, ask for what we deserve and be able to negotiate.
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Just 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.
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One of the things I’ve realized is how portable God is. No really, He’s everywhere!
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When you feel happy, you look beautiful.
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I’m a farmer’s market girl, so if you go and get beautiful, fresh fruit, that’s local, and it hasn’t been frozen yet, it’s pretty fantastic.
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There are a ton of foods that are great for you, that’s like an indulgence.
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I want to be awake. I want to choose kindness, live & let live. I want joy, gratitude, and peace today.
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Black-ish is really a show about an American family and these are some of the topics that come up – for all of us, in different ways – and we get to see how this family is walking through it.
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[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.
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I think television is doing a better job than films in terms of representing people, but television is still not diverse.
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Wisdom means to choose now what will make sense later.
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The clothing, the makeup, the freedom of expression in [the models’] bodies. It was Linda and Christy and Naomi at the time. So I modeled before college.
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Sometimes 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?
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I’m trying to find my own version of what makes me feel beautiful.
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