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.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSOne of the things I’ve realized is how portable God is. No really, He’s everywhere!
More Tracee Ellis Ross Quotes
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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.
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I’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.
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I’ve always been a curious thinker. And now, as an adult, I can articulate it.
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My mom helped me. I was very shy growing up, but my shyness sort of manifested in a big personality.
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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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I hope they look at me and think, ‘That lady looks like she accepts herself’.
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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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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 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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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 like to choose compassion over judgment and curiosity over fear.
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Somehow [Kenya Bariss] has figured out how to explore these very weighty, sticky, sharp topics, and still be funny and not make fun of the topic.
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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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One of the things I’ve realized is how portable God is. No really, He’s everywhere!
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If I’m going to show cleavage or chest then I don’t show leg. I show one thing. If I show leg then everything else is covered up.
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