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?
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.
More Tracee Ellis Ross Quotes
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When you feel happy, you look beautiful.
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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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I’m trying to find my own version of what makes me feel beautiful.
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I hope they look at me and think, ‘That lady looks like she accepts herself’.
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This is a couple that actually loves, respects & appreciates each other.
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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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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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In 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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There is a way to be a woman, ask for what we deserve and be able to negotiate.
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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 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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There are a ton of foods that are great for you, that’s like an indulgence.
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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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After college, I shot a pilot for a show on Lifetime, which was basically House of Style for a TV lover. I think I got paid $1,500, and I was like, “Mom, I’m moving out! I made it!” I did two seasons of that, but I felt like a talking head and wanted to do more.
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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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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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I’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.
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And it acting was exciting to me. And scary.
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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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I want to be awake. I want to choose kindness, live & let live. I want joy, gratitude, and peace today.
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I think our culture promotes fear and shame.
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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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Someone 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.
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Nothing goes to windward like a 747.
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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 am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me.
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