We all, as women, need to continue to change our gaze from how we are seen to how we are seeing.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSBlack-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.
More Tracee Ellis Ross Quotes
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I don’t know that the stereotypical idea of what it is to be a child of somebody hugely famous necessarily comes into play in my life.
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My mom would leave her job, and there would be throngs of people screaming and banging on our car. I come from a very private family, but I was born into a public family.
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Throughout high school, I was obsessed with magazines. I used to just comb through them and plaster things on my wall.
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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.
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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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This woman [Bow] was not simply a reflection of who her husband was. She was her own whole self. And even if we weren’t exploring life through her eyes, when we did see her it was clear that she had a full life.
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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.
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I’m trying to find my own version of what makes me feel beautiful.
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And it acting was exciting to me. And scary.
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Here is my wish and my desire and my pledge as well: that we remember our true nature and our womanhood. That we own and know that we are more than our bodies and yet our bodies are these sacred, beautiful, rhythmic houses for us.
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I think our culture promotes fear and shame.
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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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I hope they look at me and think, ‘That lady looks like she accepts herself’.
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There are a ton of foods that are great for you, that’s like an indulgence.
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