And it acting was exciting to me. And scary.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSThe two things that I thought were really interesting about this character [Bow] for me were that she actually loved her husband, and he loved her. The comedy was not coming from the fact that they hated each other. Which is what television couples are usually based on.
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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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Differences in experience, points of view and opinions aren’t what pulls us apart. It’s what pulls us together.
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When I’m not working, I spend a lot of time on my hair. When it’s time for my hair to get some rest, I either wear it in a ponytail, bun or my favorite “milkmaid” braid.
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One of the photographers was like, “Can you stop talking and try to look sexy for a minute?”
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Somehow [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.
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I’m a really big believer in self care. One of the ways I nourish my soul is I eat the way I live my life – joyfully.
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The two things that I thought were really interesting about this character [Bow] for me were that she actually loved her husband, and he loved her. The comedy was not coming from the fact that they hated each other. Which is what television couples are usually based on.
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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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It 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.
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My generation is one of the first generations of “choiceful” women – women who have actually had the choice of how they architect their lives – and I don’t think shame should have any place in that. But as that generation, you get cuts and bruises.
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I was shy, but it came out in a big personality. My turning point was when I let my hair go naturally and I got contact lenses. I am really blind, by the way. I have these big eyes that don’t work!
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I’ve always been a curious thinker. And now, as an adult, I can articulate it.
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I like to choose compassion over judgment and curiosity over fear.
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It was when I realized I needed to stop trying to be somebody else and be myself, that I actually started to own, accept and love what I had.
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I’m trying to find my own version of what makes me feel beautiful.
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