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.
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 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.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSI’m extremely blessed to have the extraordinary mother that I have, and I don’t mean Diana Ross, I mean the mother. My mom paved a road that didn’t exist, as did Oprah.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSSometime in my second year at Brown [University], I took an acting class. And the lightbulb went off for me. I fell in love with it. I realized that everything I was afraid of about myself, all my fears, could be used in that world.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSThe 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.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSThere is a way to be a woman, ask for what we deserve and be able to negotiate.
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 ROSSOne of the things I’ve realized is how portable God is. No really, He’s everywhere!
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSMy 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.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSNothing goes to windward like a 747.
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.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSThere are a ton of foods that are great for you, that’s like an indulgence.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSI like to choose compassion over judgment and curiosity over fear.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSI’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.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSI 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!
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSIn some of the darkest and hardest moments, there is always a part of me that is okay. And I can always access that part of me.
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