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!
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS
There is a way to be a woman, ask for what we deserve and be able to negotiate.
![Tracee Ellis Ross Quote - 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/the-two-things-that-i-thought-were-really-interest-683x1024.jpg)
![Tracee Ellis Ross Quote - Sometime 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/sometime-in-my-second-year-at-brown-university-i-t-683x1024.jpg)
![Tracee Ellis Ross Quote - 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/this-woman-bow-was-not-simply-a-reflection-of-who--683x1024.jpg)
![Tracee Ellis Ross Quote - 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/the-clothing-the-makeup-the-freedom-of-expression--683x1024.jpg)
