![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-.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/images/grey-the-clothing-the-makeup-the-freedom-of-e.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/images/blue-the-clothing-the-makeup-the-freedom-of-e.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/images/red-the-clothing-the-makeup-the-freedom-of-e.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/images/brown-the-clothing-the-makeup-the-freedom-of-e.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/images/white-the-clothing-the-makeup-the-freedom-of-e.jpg)
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.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS
![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 - [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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/black-ish-creator-kenya-bariss-wrote-on-girlfriend-683x1024.jpg)
